Prison, dungeons, blessed places where
Prison, dungeons, blessed places where evil is impossible because they are the crossroads of all the evil in the world. One cannot commit evil in hell.
A sick person is a prisoner.
A sick person is a prisoner.
Organized crime in America takes in over
Organized crime in America takes in over forty billion dollars a year. This is quite a profitable sum, especially when one considers that the Mafia spends very little for office supplies.
The law does not pretend to punish
The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.
On average, drug prisoners spend more
On average, drug prisoners spend more time in federal prison than rapists, who often get out on early release because of the overcrowding in prison caused by the Drug War.
It is the deed that teaches, not the
It is the deed that teaches, not the name we give it. Murder and capital punishment are not opposites that cancel one another, but similars that breed their own kind.
Prison makes you a better judge of
Prison makes you a better judge of character. You pick up on people much faster.
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.
It is safer that a bad man should not be
It is safer that a bad man should not be accused, than that he should be acquitted.
Every crime has, in the moment of its
Every crime has, in the moment of its perpetration, Its own avenging angel--dark misgiving, An ominous sinking at the inmost heart.
To try to raise a son from inside the
To try to raise a son from inside the prison walls is a very difficult thing. But I want to say to the world my son at 16 was the one who tried the most to get me out of prison.
~Jim Bakker
Experts and the educated elite have
Experts and the educated elite have replaced what worked with what sounded good. Society was far more civilized before they took over our schools, prisons, welfare programs, police departments and courts. It's high time we ran these people out of our lives and went back to common sense.
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
Reality becomes a prison to those who
Reality becomes a prison to those who can’t get out of it.
The most anxious man in a prison is the
The most anxious man in a prison is the governor.
Kill a man, and you are an assassin.
Kill a man, and you are an assassin. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill everyone, and you are a God.
The degree of civilization in a society
The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law.
We have our own system, ... and
We have our own system, ... and journalists in our system are not put in prison for embarrassing the government by revealing things the government might not wish to have revealed. The important thing is that our system, under which journalists can write without fear or favor, should continue.
Injustice anywhere is a threat to
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.
If you share the crime of your friend,
If you share the crime of your friend, you make it your own.
Pardon is the virtue of victory.
Pardon is the virtue of victory.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
It becomes not a law-maker to be a
It becomes not a law-maker to be a law-breaker.
In prisons, those things withheld from
In prisons, those things withheld from and denied to the prisoner become precisely what he wants most of all.
