I don't like jail, they got the wrong
I don't like jail, they got the wrong kind of bars in there.
I sometimes wish that people would put a
I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement.
Man is born free, and everywhere he is
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
Show me the prison, Show me the jail,
Show me the prison, Show me the jail, Show me the prisoner whose life has gone stale. And I'll show you a young man with so many reasons why And there, but for fortune, go you or I.
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 torment of human frustration,
The torment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and 'mangled mind' leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.
Adversities such as being homeless and
Adversities such as being homeless and going to prison has made many people stronger.
Well, I don't think prisons are the
Well, I don't think prisons are the answer to everything, obviously.
Reality becomes a prison to those who
Reality becomes a prison to those who can’t get out of it.
In prison, you get the chance to see who
In prison, you get the chance to see who really loves you.
To my mind, to kill in war is not a whit
To my mind, to kill in war is not a whit better than to commit ordinary murder.
Pardon is the virtue of victory.
Pardon is the virtue of victory.
Body is a home, a prison and a grave.
Body is a home, a prison and a grave.
You stuff somebody into the American
You stuff somebody into the American dream, and it becomes a prison.
No man should be judge in his own case.
No man should be judge in his own case.
Money will determine whether the accused
Money will determine whether the accused goes to prison or walks out of the courtroom a free man.
Wherever any one is against his will,
Wherever any one is against his will, that is to him a prison.
When is conduct a crime, and when is a
When is conduct a crime, and when is a crime not a crime? When Somebody Up There -- a monarch, a dictator, a Pope, a legislator -- so decrees.
Prosecution I have managed to avoid; but
Prosecution I have managed to avoid; but I have been arrested, charged in a police court, have refused to be bound over, and thereupon have been unconditionally released - to my great regret; for I have always wanted to know what going to prison was like.
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
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can thus flatter himself.
Virtue pardons the wicked, as the
Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.
The public have more interest in the
The public have more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
Punishment, that is the justice for the
Punishment, that is the justice for the unjust.
Fast closed with double grills
Fast closed with double grills
And triple gates – the cell
To wicked souls is hell;
But to a mind that's innocent
'Tis only iron, wood and stone.
