He who opens a school door, closes a
He who opens a school door, closes a prison.
Reality becomes a prison to those who
Reality becomes a prison to those who can’t get out of it.
The punishment can be remitted; the
The punishment can be remitted; the crime is everlasting.
Nor cell, nor chain, nor dungeon speaks
Nor cell, nor chain, nor dungeon speaks to the murderer like the voice of solitude.
Probably the only place where a man can
Probably the only place where a man can feel really secure is in a maximum security prison, except for the imminent threat of release.
The uneven impact of actual enforcement
The uneven impact of actual enforcement measures tends to mirror and reinforce more general patterns of discrimination (along socioeconomic, racial and ethnic, sexual, and perhaps generational lines) within the society. As a consequence, such enforcement (ineffective as it may be in producing conformity) almost certainly reinforces feelings of alienation already prevalent within major segments of the population.
The common argument that crime is caused
The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor.
The public have more interest in the
The public have more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
I know how men in exile feed on dreams
I know how men in exile feed on dreams of hope.
Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners
Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts.
A Sunday school is a prison in which
A Sunday school is a prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their parents.
No obligation to justice does force a
No obligation to justice does force a man to be cruel, or to use the sharpest sentence.
He who does not prevent a crime when he
He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.
Let us remember that justice must be
Let us remember that justice must be observed even to the lowest.
The worst prison is not of stone. It is
The worst prison is not of stone. It is of a throbbing heart, outraged by an infamous life.
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.
To trial bring her stolen charms, and
To trial bring her stolen charms, and let her prison be my arms.
We shall fight against them, throw them
We shall fight against them, throw them in prisons and destroy them.
Whatever is worthy to be loved for
Whatever is worthy to be loved for anything is worthy of preservation. A wise and dispassionate legislator, if any such should ever arise among men, will not condemn to death him who has done or is likely to do more service than injury to society. Blocks and gibbets are the nearest objects with legislators, and their business is never with hopes or with virtues.
Assassination is the extreme form of
Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.
I don't like being famous - it is like a
I don't like being famous - it is like a prison. And driving for Ferrari would make it far worse.
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.
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 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.
The world is a prison in which solitary
The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable.
