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.
Why would anyone expect him to come out
Why would anyone expect him to come out smarter? He went to prison for three years, not Princeton.
The best situation of all, and one
The best situation of all, and one frequently utilized, is for jails and prisons to allow volunteer ministers of all faiths to enter prisons and offer their services to the inmates who want them. That way, the religious needs of inmates are met but without government funds being spent.
If we were brought to trial for the
If we were brought to trial for the crimes we have committed against ourselves, few would escape the gallows.
I can tell you this on a stack of
I can tell you this on a stack of Bibles: prisons are archaic, brutal, unregenerative, overcrowded hell holes where the inmates are treated like animals with absolutely not one humane thought given to what they are going to do once they are released. You're an animal in a cage and you're treated like one.
Two men look out the same prison bars;
Two men look out the same prison bars; one sees mud and the other stars.
Body is a home, a prison and a grave.
Body is a home, a prison and a grave.
Hard cases, it is said, make bad law.
Hard cases, it is said, make bad law.
The virtue of justice consists in
The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.
There are few better measures of the
There are few better measures of the concern a society has for its individual members and its own well being than the way it handles criminals.
Do not lay on the multitude the blame
Do not lay on the multitude the blame that is due to a few.
One crime has to be concealed by
One crime has to be concealed by another.
Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners
Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts.
It isn't true that convicts live like
It isn't true that convicts live like animals: animals have more room to move around.
It becomes not a law-maker to be a
It becomes not a law-maker to be a law-breaker.
Vices are not crimes.
Vices are not crimes.
The solution to our drug problem is not
The solution to our drug problem is not in incarceration.
I have been studying how I may compare
I have been studying how I may compare this prison where I live unto the world; Shut up in the prison of their own consciences.
History is full of people who went to
History is full of people who went to prison or were burned at the stake for proclaiming their ideas. Society has always defended itself.
The severest justice may not always be
The severest justice may not always be the best policy.
The punishment can be remitted; the
The punishment can be remitted; the crime is everlasting.
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.
Justice is justice though it's always
Justice is justice though it's always delayed and finally done only by mistake.
The perfection of a thing consists in
The perfection of a thing consists in its essence; there are perfect criminals, as there are men of perfect probity.
I know not whether laws be right, or
I know not whether laws be right, or whether laws be wrong; All that we know who lie in gaol is that the wall is strong; And that each day is like a year, a year whose days are long.
