Distrust all in whom the impulse to
Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.
One crime has to be concealed by
One crime has to be concealed by another.
We are prisoners of ideas.
We are prisoners of ideas.
He who profits by a crime commits it.
He who profits by a crime commits it.
The only difference between me and my
The only difference between me and my fellow actors is that I've spent more time in jail.
Man is born free, and everywhere he is
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
They're not supposed to show prison
They're not supposed to show prison films in prison. Especially ones that are about escaping.
We shall fight against them, throw them
We shall fight against them, throw them in prisons and destroy them.
Justice is that virtue of the soul which
Justice is that virtue of the soul which is distributive according to desert.
To be in prison so long, it's difficult
To be in prison so long, it's difficult to remember exactly what you did to get there.
The virtue of justice consists in
The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.
We're in a war. People who blast some
We're in a war. People who blast some pot on a casual basis are guilty of treason.
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.
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.
Prison makes you a better judge of
Prison makes you a better judge of character. You pick up on people much faster.
A variety in punishment is of utility,
A variety in punishment is of utility, as well as a proportion.
The punishment can be remitted; the
The punishment can be remitted; the crime is everlasting.
No man should be judge in his own case.
No man should be judge in his own case.
I can work for the Lord in or out of
I can work for the Lord in or out of prison.
Pardon is the virtue of victory.
Pardon is the virtue of victory.
Overlook our deeds, since you know that
Overlook our deeds, since you know that crime was absent from our inclination.
We have initiated programs for re-entry
We have initiated programs for re-entry offenders, since some 500,000 to 600,000 offenders will come out of prison each year for the next three or four years. We want to have positive alternatives when they come back to the community.
The refined punishments of the spiritual
The refined punishments of the spiritual mode are usually much more indecent and dangerous than a good smack.
I have never been contained except I
I have never been contained except I made the prison.
Law is merely the expression of the will
Law is merely the expression of the will of the strongest for the time being, and therefore laws have no fixity, but shift from generation to generation.
