Forgiveness, that noblest of all
Forgiveness, that noblest of all self-denial, is a virtue which he alone who can practise in himself can willingly believe in another.
Liberty is rendered even more precious
Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.
In the halls of justice, the only
In the halls of justice, the only justice is in the halls.
The degree of civilization in a society
The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.
Overlook our deeds, since you know that
Overlook our deeds, since you know that crime was absent from our inclination.
Care should be taken that the punishment
Care should be taken that the punishment does not exceed the guilt; and also that some men do not suffer for offenses for which others are not even indicted.
In my country we go to prison first and
In my country we go to prison first and then become President.
It is safer that a bad man should not be
It is safer that a bad man should not be accused, than that he should be acquitted.
Educate your children to self-control,
Educate your children to self-control, to the habit of holding passion and prejudice and evil tendencies to an upright and reasoning will, and you have done much to abolish misery from their future lives and crimes to society.
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.
I was in prison, and you came unto me.
I was in prison, and you came unto me. Verily I say unto you, inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
~(Jesus Christ) Matthew 25:36, 40
We shall not yield to violence. We shall
We shall not yield to violence. We shall not be deprived of union freedoms. We shall never agree with sending people to prison for their convictions.
Pardon is the virtue of victory.
Pardon is the virtue of victory.
No crime has been without a precedent.
No crime has been without a precedent.
They're not supposed to show prison
They're not supposed to show prison films in prison. Especially ones that are about escaping.
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.
Every crime has, in the moment of its
Every crime has, in the moment of its perpetration, Its own avenging angel--dark misgiving, An ominous sinking at the inmost heart.
The guilt of enforced crimes lies on
The guilt of enforced crimes lies on those who impose them.
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.
Distrust all in whom the impulse to
Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.
Why would anyone expect him to come out
Why would anyone expect him to come out smarter? He went to prison for three years, not Princeton.
So justice while she winks at crimes,
So justice while she winks at crimes, Stumbles on innocence sometimes.
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.
The only real prison is fear, and the
The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear.
To try to raise a son from inside the
To try to raise a son from inside the prison walls is a very difficult thing. But I want to say to the world my son at 16 was the one who tried the most to get me out of prison.
~Jim Bakker
