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.
No matter how you seem to fatten on a
No matter how you seem to fatten on a crime, that can never be good for the bee which is bad for the hive.
In a civilized society, all crimes are
In a civilized society, all crimes are likely to be sins, but most sins are not and ought not to be treated as crimes.
Three hundred years ago a prisoner
Three hundred years ago a prisoner condemned to the Tower of London carved on the wall of his cell this sentiment to keep up his spirits during his long imprisonment: “It is not adversity that kills, but the impatience with which we bear adversity.”
Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners
Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts.
So justice while she winks at crimes,
So justice while she winks at crimes, Stumbles on innocence sometimes.
Most people fancy themselves innocent of
The mellow sweetness of pumpkin pie off
The mellow sweetness of pumpkin pie off a prison spoon is something you will never forget.
I can work for the Lord in or out of
I can work for the Lord in or out of prison.
Virtue pardons the wicked, as the
Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.
Assassination is the extreme form of
Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.
I have been studying how I may compare
I have been studying how I may compare This prison where I live unto the world; And, for because the world is populous, And here is not a creature but myself, I cannot do it. Yet I'll hammer it out.
One should respect public opinion
One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny.
The difference between tax avoidance and
The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison walls.
Adversities such as being homeless and
Adversities such as being homeless and going to prison has made many people stronger.
As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more
As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more freely.
One crime is everything; two nothing.
One crime is everything; two nothing.
I am certain that nothing has done so
I am certain that nothing has done so much to destroy the juridical safeguards of individual freedom as the striving after this mirage of social justice.
I have never been contained except I
I have never been contained except I made the prison.
Do not lay on the multitude the blame
Do not lay on the multitude the blame that is due to a few.
While we have prisons it matters little
While we have prisons it matters little which of us occupy the cells.
He had drawn many a thousand of these
He had drawn many a thousand of these rations in prisons and camps, and though he'd never had an opportunity to weight them on scales, and although, being a man of timid nature, he knew no way of standing up for his rights, he, like every other prisoner, had discovered long ago that honest weight was never to be found in the bread-cutting. There was short weight in every ration. The only point was how short. So every day you took a look to soothe your soul - today, maybe, they haven't snitched any.
Crimes lead one into another; they who
Crimes lead one into another; they who are capable of being forgers are capable of being incendiaries.
Civilization is maintained by a very few
Civilization is maintained by a very few people in a small number of places and we need only some bombs and a few prisons to blot it out altogether.
Corporal punishment falls far more
Corporal punishment falls far more heavily than most weighty pecuniary penalty.
