Pardon is the virtue of victory.
Pardon is the virtue of victory.
Show me the prison, Show me the jail,
Show me the prison, Show me the jail, Show me the prisoner whose life has gone stale. And I'll show you a young man with so many reasons why And there, but for fortune, go you or I.
Organized crime in America takes in over
Organized crime in America takes in over forty billion dollars a year. This is quite a profitable sum, especially when one considers that the Mafia spends very little for office supplies.
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.
The most anxious man in a prison is the
The most anxious man in a prison is the governor.
He who profits by a crime commits it.
He who profits by a crime commits it.
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenseless!
It is impossible to go through life
It is impossible to go through life without trust: That is to be imprisoned in the worst cell of all, oneself.
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 it comes to freedom, we are but
When it comes to freedom, we are but prisoners of our own desires.
I submit that an individual who breaks a
I submit that an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for the law.
The common argument that crime is caused
The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor.
If punishment reaches not the mind and
If punishment reaches not the mind and makes not the will supple, it hardens the offender.
Prison makes you a better judge of
Prison makes you a better judge of character. You pick up on people much faster.
The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
Hard cases, it is said, make bad law.
Hard cases, it is said, make bad law.
Self is the only prison that can bind
Self is the only prison that can bind the soul.
The perfection of a thing consists in
The perfection of a thing consists in its essence; there are perfect criminals, as there are men of perfect probity.
Governments have tried to stop crime
Governments have tried to stop crime through punishment throughout the ages, but crime continued in the past punishment remains. Crime can only be stopped through a preventive approach in the schools. You teach the students Transcendental Meditation, and right away they’ll begin using their full brain physiology sensible and they will not get sidetracked into wrong things.
It becomes not a law-maker to be a
It becomes not a law-maker to be a law-breaker.
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.
The solution to our drug problem is not
The solution to our drug problem is not in incarceration.
Crimes lead one into another; they who
Crimes lead one into another; they who are capable of being forgers are capable of being incendiaries.
Society has used the juvenile courts to
Society has used the juvenile courts to create a caste system where there are throw-away people.
Wherever any one is against his will,
Wherever any one is against his will, that is to him a prison.
