I asked a man in prison once how he
I asked a man in prison once how he happened to be there and he said he had stolen a pair of shoes. I told him if he had stolen a railroad he would be a United States Senator.
Body is a home, a prison and a grave.
Body is a home, a prison and a grave.
When it comes to freedom, we are but
When it comes to freedom, we are but prisoners of our own desires.
Money will determine whether the accused
Money will determine whether the accused goes to prison or walks out of the courtroom a free man.
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.
They're not supposed to show prison
They're not supposed to show prison films in prison. Especially ones that are about escaping.
By noiselessly going to a prison a
By noiselessly going to a prison a civil-resister ensures a calm atmosphere.
Two men look out the same prison bars;
Two men look out the same prison bars; one sees mud and the other stars.
How dreadful it is when the right judge
How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong.
The contagion of crime is like that of
The contagion of crime is like that of the plague. Criminals collected together corrupt each other; they are worse than ever when at the termination of their punishment they re-enter society.
No matter how you seem to fatten on a
No matter how you seem to fatten on a crime, that can never be good for the bee which is bad for the hive.
It is not at the table, but in prison,
It is not at the table, but in prison, that you learn who your true friends are.
The guilt of enforced crimes lies on
The guilt of enforced crimes lies on those who impose them.
Well does Heaven have care that no man
Well does Heaven have care that no man secures happiness by crime.
There is no peace because the making of
There is no peace because the making of peace is at least as costly as the making of war - at least as exigent, at least as disruptive, at least as liable to bring disgrace and prison and death in its wake.
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
Laws do not persuade just because they
Laws do not persuade just because they threaten.
What is crime amongst the multitude, is
What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.
While crime is punished it yet
While crime is punished it yet increases.
The worst of prison life, he thought,
The worst of prison life, he thought, was not being able to close his door.
One crime has to be concealed by
One crime has to be concealed by another.
If you want total security, go to
If you want total security, go to prison. There you’re fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking…is freedom.
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.
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 idea that the sole aim of punishment
The idea that the sole aim of punishment is to prevent crime is obviously grounded upon the theory that crime can be prevented, which is almost as dubious as the notion that poverty can be prevented.
