Federal prison, if you get any of it,
Federal prison, if you get any of it, you're going to have to do 85% of it. And the reason why I called it that is because I had a friend who got sent to the federal joint and his whole... it wasn't about him being in jail. He cried about the 85%.
Crimes lead one into another; they who
Crimes lead one into another; they who are capable of being forgers are capable of being incendiaries.
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.
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.
I know how men in exile feed on dreams
I know how men in exile feed on dreams of hope.
You stuff somebody into the American
You stuff somebody into the American dream, and it becomes a prison.
Money will determine whether the accused
Money will determine whether the accused goes to prison or walks out of the courtroom a free man.
The public have more interest in the
The public have more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
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.
He was a first-time nonviolent possible
He was a first-time nonviolent possible offender, ... And under the mandatory minimums, he was put in prison for 15 years. Not only does the punishment not fit the crime, but the mandatory minimums don't give judges any discretion to look at the background of the case, to read into the specifics of the case. I don't know a judge who really is in favor of the mandatory minimums.
It isn't true that convicts live like
It isn't true that convicts live like animals: animals have more room to move around.
Since 1957, black people have
Since 1957, black people have experienced double-digit unemployment - in good times and bad times. Look at the population of African Americans in prison. They represent more than half the population of prisoners in the country, 55 percent of those on death row.
The punishment can be remitted; the
The punishment can be remitted; the crime is everlasting.
Fear can be like a prison. It is,
Fear can be like a prison. It is, however, a self made prison. Many are imprisoned by fear. No one else can liberate them from this prison. Others may inspire them but they must liberate themselves.
Self is the only prison that can bind
Self is the only prison that can bind the soul.
One crime has to be concealed by
One crime has to be concealed by another.
The power of punishment is to silence,
The power of punishment is to silence, not to confute.
The worst of prison life, he thought,
The worst of prison life, he thought, was not being able to close his door.
I have been studying how I may compare
I have been studying how I may compare This prison where I live unto the world; And, for because the world is populous, And here is not a creature but myself, I cannot do it. Yet I'll hammer it out.
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.
Assassination is the extreme form of
Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.
The common argument that crime is caused
The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor.
Prison makes you a better judge of
Prison makes you a better judge of character. You pick up on people much faster.
Nor stony tower, nor walls of beaten
Nor stony tower, nor walls of beaten brass, Nor airless dungeon, nor strong links of iron, Can be retentive to the strength of spirit; But life, being weary of these worldly bars, Never lacks power to dismiss itself.
Once we are destined to live out our
Once we are destined to live out our lives in the prison of our mind, our duty is to furnish it well.
