Women now have choices. They can be
Women now have choices. They can be married, not married, have a job, not have a job, be married with children, unmarried with children. Men have the same choice we've always had: work, or prison.
The power of punishment is to silence,
The power of punishment is to silence, not to confute.
I just remember that disturbing feeling
I just remember that disturbing feeling of walking into that prison, the complete loss of privacy, the complete loss of stimulation, dignity.
Wicked deeds are generally done, even
Wicked deeds are generally done, even with impunity, for the mere desire of occupation.
The number of laws is constantly growing
The number of laws is constantly growing in all countries and, owing to this, what is called crime is very often not a crime at all, for it contains no element of violence or harm.
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.
There are only two places in the world
There are only two places in the world where time takes precedence over the job to be done. School and prison.
We shall not yield to violence. We shall
We shall not yield to violence. We shall not be deprived of union freedoms. We shall never agree with sending people to prison for their convictions.
Justice is that virtue of the soul which
Justice is that virtue of the soul which is distributive according to desert.
The virtue of justice consists in
The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.
I can work for the Lord in or out of
I can work for the Lord in or out of prison.
You stuff somebody into the American
You stuff somebody into the American dream, and it becomes a prison.
The law does not pretend to punish
The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.
A just chastisement may benefit a man,
A just chastisement may benefit a man, though it seldom does; but an unjust one changes all his blood to gall.
Most people fancy themselves innocent of
The world is a prison in which solitary
The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable.
The common argument that crime is caused
The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor.
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.
He who does not prevent a crime when he
He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.
The mellow sweetness of pumpkin pie off
The mellow sweetness of pumpkin pie off a prison spoon is something you will never forget.
To trial bring her stolen charms, and
To trial bring her stolen charms, and let her prison be my arms.
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
While we have prisons it matters little
While we have prisons it matters little which of us occupy the cells.
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.
One man meets an infamous punishment for
One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem upon another.
