Here the great art lies, to discern in
Here the great art lies, to discern in what the law is to be to restraint and punishment, and in what things persuasion only is to work.
We who live in prison, and in whose
We who live in prison, and in whose lives there is no event but sorrow, have to measure time by throbs of pain, and the record of bitter moments.
I have been studying how I may compare
I have been studying how I may compare this prison where I live unto the world; Shut up in the prison of their own consciences.
Two men look out the same prison bars;
Two men look out the same prison bars; one sees mud and the other stars.
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.
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law.
There is no greater punishment of
There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
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.
Well does Heaven have care that no man
Well does Heaven have care that no man secures happiness by crime.
There's no greater threat to our
There's no greater threat to our independence, to our cherished freedoms and personal liberties than the continual, relentless injection of these insidious poisons into our system. We must decide whether we cherish independence from drugs, without which there is no freedom.
It becomes not a law-maker to be a
It becomes not a law-maker to be a law-breaker.
Justice renders to every one his due.
Justice renders to every one his due.
America is the land of the second chance
America is the land of the second chance – and when the gates of the prison open, the path ahead should lead to a better life.
The law does not pretend to punish
The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.
Liberty is rendered even more precious
Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.
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.
The degree of civilization in a society
The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.
And while God had work for Paul, he
And while God had work for Paul, he found him friends both in court and prison. Let persecutors send saints to prison, God can provide a keeper for their turn.
To trial bring her stolen charms, and
To trial bring her stolen charms, and let her prison be my arms.
It is true you cannot eat freedom and
It is true you cannot eat freedom and you cannot power machinery with democracy. But then neither can political prisoners turn on the light in the cells of a dictatorship.
Reality becomes a prison to those who
Reality becomes a prison to those who can’t get out of it.
It isn't true that convicts live like
It isn't true that convicts live like animals: animals have more room to move around.
The reformative effect of punishment is
The reformative effect of punishment is a belief that dies hard, chiefly I think, because it is so satisfying to our sadistic impulses.
So justice while she winks at crimes,
So justice while she winks at crimes, Stumbles on innocence sometimes.
