Whatever is worthy to be loved for
Whatever is worthy to be loved for anything is worthy of preservation. A wise and dispassionate legislator, if any such should ever arise among men, will not condemn to death him who has done or is likely to do more service than injury to society. Blocks and gibbets are the nearest objects with legislators, and their business is never with hopes or with virtues.
When the Nazis came for the communists,
When the Nazis came for the communists, I remained silent; I was not a communist. When they locked up the social democrats, I remained silent; I was not a social democrat. When they came for the trade unionists, I did not speak out; I was not a trade unionist. When they came for me, there was no one left to speak out.
The most anxious man in a prison is the
The most anxious man in a prison is the governor.
They're not supposed to show prison
They're not supposed to show prison films in prison. Especially ones that are about escaping.
While crime is punished it yet
While crime is punished it yet increases.
I am an expert of electricity. My father
I am an expert of electricity. My father occupied the chair of applied electricity at the state prison.
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
Vices are not crimes.
Vices are not crimes.
Man is born free, and everywhere he is
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
I don't like being famous - it is like a
I don't like being famous - it is like a prison. And driving for Ferrari would make it far worse.
Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of
Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of prison stronger.
They took away my money, my family, and
They took away my money, my family, and my security. Why couldn't they destroy my ideas? We will question them in court tomorrow as we trigger The Revolution of all revolutions!
The public have more interest in the
The public have more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
Crimes lead one into another; they who
Crimes lead one into another; they who are capable of being forgers are capable of being incendiaries.
Women now have choices. They can be
Women now have choices. They can be married, not married, have a job, not have a job, be married with children, unmarried with children. Men have the same choice we've always had: work, or prison.
Fear can be like a prison. It is,
Fear can be like a prison. It is, however, a self made prison. Many are imprisoned by fear. No one else can liberate them from this prison. Others may inspire them but they must liberate themselves.
Prison continues, on those who are
Prison continues, on those who are entrusted to it, a work begun elsewhere, which the whole of society pursues on each individual through innumerable mechanisms of discipline.
I wrote a million words in the first
I wrote a million words in the first year, and I could never have done that outside of prison.
How dreadful it is when the right judge
How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong.
Fast closed with double grills
Fast closed with double grills
And triple gates – the cell
To wicked souls is hell;
But to a mind that's innocent
'Tis only iron, wood and stone.
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.
I know not whether laws be right, or
I know not whether laws be right, or whether laws be wrong; All that we know who lie in gaol is that the wall is strong; And that each day is like a year, a year whose days are long.
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law.
