The difference between tax avoidance and
The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison walls.
It was only when I lay there on the
It was only when I lay there on the rotting prison straw that I sensed within myself the first stirrings of good. Gradually it was disclosed to me that the line separating good and evil passes not between states nor between social classes nor between political parties, but right through every human heart, through all human hearts. And that is why I turn back to the years of my imprisonment and say, sometimes to the astonishment of those about me, bless you, prison, for having been a part of my life.
When is conduct a crime, and when is a
When is conduct a crime, and when is a crime not a crime? When Somebody Up There -- a monarch, a dictator, a Pope, a legislator -- so decrees.
I never told a victim story about my
I never told a victim story about my imprisonment. Instead, I told a transformation story - about how prison changed my outlook, about how I saw that communication, truth, and trust are at the heart of power.
Society has used the juvenile courts to
Society has used the juvenile courts to create a caste system where there are throw-away people.
What is crime amongst the multitude, is
What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.
Reality becomes a prison to those who
Reality becomes a prison to those who can’t get out of it.
A just chastisement may benefit a man,
A just chastisement may benefit a man, though it seldom does; but an unjust one changes all his blood to gall.
If you share the crime of your friend,
If you share the crime of your friend, you make it your own.
The common argument that crime is caused
The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor.
Most people fancy themselves innocent of
The solution to our drug problem is not
The solution to our drug problem is not in incarceration.
Money will determine whether the accused
Money will determine whether the accused goes to prison or walks out of the courtroom a free man.
The severest justice may not always be
The severest justice may not always be the best policy.
It is certain that the study of human
It is certain that the study of human psychology, if it were undertaken exclusively in prisons, would also lead to misrepresentation and absurd generalizations.
History is full of people who went to
History is full of people who went to prison or were burned at the stake for proclaiming their ideas. Society has always defended itself.
The contagion of crime is like that of
The contagion of crime is like that of the plague. Criminals collected together corrupt each other; they are worse than ever when at the termination of their punishment they re-enter society.
It is more dangerous that even a guilty
It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms of law than that he should escape.
Let us remember that justice must be
Let us remember that justice must be observed even to the lowest.
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.
The penalty for laughing in a courtroom
The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail; if it were not for this penalty, the jury would never hear the evidence.
He who profits by a crime commits it.
He who profits by a crime commits it.
One crime has to be concealed by
One crime has to be concealed by another.
There are only two places in the world
There are only two places in the world where time takes precedence over the job to be done. School and prison.
Crime succeeds by sudden despatch;
Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
