By noiselessly going to a prison a
By noiselessly going to a prison a civil-resister ensures a calm atmosphere.
You utter a vow, or forge a signature,
You utter a vow, or forge a signature, and you may find yourself bound for life to a monastery, a woman, or prison.
There's no greater threat to our
There's no greater threat to our independence, to our cherished freedoms and personal liberties than the continual, relentless injection of these insidious poisons into our system. We must decide whether we cherish independence from drugs, without which there is no freedom.
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenseless!
The virtue of justice consists in
The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.
Care should be taken that the punishment
Care should be taken that the punishment does not exceed the guilt; and also that some men do not suffer for offenses for which others are not even indicted.
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.
Law is merely the expression of the will
Law is merely the expression of the will of the strongest for the time being, and therefore laws have no fixity, but shift from generation to generation.
Virtue pardons the wicked, as the
Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
It is the spirit and not the form of law
It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
We shall fight against them, throw them
We shall fight against them, throw them in prisons and destroy them.
There is a point at which even justice
There is a point at which even justice does injury.
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.
No man should be judge in his own case.
No man should be judge in his own case.
The severest justice may not always be
The severest justice may not always be the best policy.
Overlook our deeds, since you know that
Overlook our deeds, since you know that crime was absent from our inclination.
Our task must be to free ourselves from
Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.
Adversities such as being homeless and
Adversities such as being homeless and going to prison has made many people stronger.
There is no greater punishment of
There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
What is crime amongst the multitude, is
What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.
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 true you cannot eat freedom and
It is true you cannot eat freedom and you cannot power machinery with democracy. But then neither can political prisoners turn on the light in the cells of a dictatorship.
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
