The difference between tax avoidance and
The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison walls.
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.
Intellectual despair results in neither
Intellectual despair results in neither weakness nor dreams, but in violence. It is only a matter of knowing how to give vent to one's rage; whether one only wants to wander like madmen around prisons, or whether one wants to overturn them.
It is better that ten guilty persons
It is better that ten guilty persons escape, than that one innocent suffer.
If we look at Houston, which is a very
If we look at Houston, which is a very environmentally toxic place, we find that it has one of the highest levels of young men going to prison and also among the highest levels of illiteracy in the country.
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.
Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of
Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of prison stronger.
Liberty is rendered even more precious
Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.
And while God had work for Paul, he
And while God had work for Paul, he found him friends both in court and prison. Let persecutors send saints to prison, God can provide a keeper for their turn.
Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners
Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts.
When it comes to freedom, we are but
When it comes to freedom, we are but prisoners of our own desires.
Women have worked hard; starved in
Women have worked hard; starved in prison; given of their time and lives that we might sit in the House of Commons and take part in the legislating of this country.
Society prepares the crime; the criminal
Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.
Well, I don't think prisons are the
Well, I don't think prisons are the answer to everything, obviously.
The most anxious man in a prison is the
The most anxious man in a prison is the governor.
I know how men in exile feed on dreams
I know how men in exile feed on dreams of hope.
The world itself is but a large prison,
The world itself is but a large prison, out of which some are daily led to execution.
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
Justice is justice though it's always
Justice is justice though it's always delayed and finally done only by mistake.
Whatever is worthy to be loved for
Whatever is worthy to be loved for anything is worthy of preservation. A wise and dispassionate legislator, if any such should ever arise among men, will not condemn to death him who has done or is likely to do more service than injury to society. Blocks and gibbets are the nearest objects with legislators, and their business is never with hopes or with virtues.
Punishment, that is the justice for the
Punishment, that is the justice for the unjust.
The power of punishment is to silence,
The power of punishment is to silence, not to confute.
Shyness is the prison of the heart.
Shyness is the prison of the heart.
He had drawn many a thousand of these
He had drawn many a thousand of these rations in prisons and camps, and though he'd never had an opportunity to weight them on scales, and although, being a man of timid nature, he knew no way of standing up for his rights, he, like every other prisoner, had discovered long ago that honest weight was never to be found in the bread-cutting. There was short weight in every ration. The only point was how short. So every day you took a look to soothe your soul - today, maybe, they haven't snitched any.
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.
