While we have prisons it matters little
While we have prisons it matters little which of us occupy the cells.
In prisons, those things withheld from
In prisons, those things withheld from and denied to the prisoner become precisely what he wants most of all.
In prison, you get the chance to see who
In prison, you get the chance to see who really loves you.
When it comes to freedom, we are but
When it comes to freedom, we are but prisoners of our own desires.
It is the deed that teaches, not the
It is the deed that teaches, not the name we give it. Murder and capital punishment are not opposites that cancel one another, but similars that breed their own kind.
The most anxious man in a prison is the
The most anxious man in a prison is the governor.
The solution to our drug problem is not
The solution to our drug problem is not in incarceration.
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can thus flatter himself.
When I was in prison, I was wrapped up
When I was in prison, I was wrapped up in all those deep books. That Tolstoy crap - people shouldn't read that stuff.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
No man survives when freedom fails. The
No man survives when freedom fails. The best men rot in filthy jails, and those who cry 'appease, appease' are hanged by those they tried to please.
You utter a vow, or forge a signature,
You utter a vow, or forge a signature, and you may find yourself bound for life to a monastery, a woman, or prison.
No man should be judge in his own case.
No man should be judge in his own case.
Prison makes you a better judge of
Prison makes you a better judge of character. You pick up on people much faster.
Kill a man, and you are an assassin.
Kill a man, and you are an assassin. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill everyone, and you are a God.
You stuff somebody into the American
You stuff somebody into the American dream, and it becomes a prison.
Some laws of state aimed at curbing
Some laws of state aimed at curbing crime are even more criminal.
I existed in a world that never is - the
I existed in a world that never is - the prison of the mind.
Justice renders to every one his due.
Justice renders to every one his due.
Crime is a logical extension of the sort
Crime is a logical extension of the sort of behavior that often [is] considered perfectly respectable in legitimate business.
I just remember that disturbing feeling
I just remember that disturbing feeling of walking into that prison, the complete loss of privacy, the complete loss of stimulation, dignity.
The only effect of public punishment is
The only effect of public punishment is to show the rabble how bravely it can be borne; and that every one who hath lost a toe-nail hath suffered worse.
Two men look out the same prison bars;
Two men look out the same prison bars; one sees mud and the other stars.
Society has used the juvenile courts to
Society has used the juvenile courts to create a caste system where there are throw-away people.
Crimes lead one into another; they who
Crimes lead one into another; they who are capable of being forgers are capable of being incendiaries.
