We are prisoners of ideas.
We are prisoners of ideas.
Wherever any one is against his will,
Wherever any one is against his will, that is to him a prison.
In jail a man has no personality. He is
In jail a man has no personality. He is a minor disposal problem and a few entries on reports. Nobody cares who loves or hates him, what he looks like, what he did with his life. Nobody reacts to him unless he gives trouble. Nobody abuses him. All that is asked of him is that he go quietly to the right cell and remain quiet when he gets there. There is nothing to fight against, nothing to be mad at. The jailers are quiet men without animosity or sadism.
Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of
Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of prison stronger.
What restrains us from killing is partly
What restrains us from killing is partly fear of punishment, partly moral scruple, and partly what may be described as a sense of humor.
Crime is a logical extension of the sort
Crime is a logical extension of the sort of behavior that often [is] considered perfectly respectable in legitimate business.
Body is a home, a prison and a grave.
Body is a home, a prison and a grave.
A Sunday school is a prison in which
A Sunday school is a prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their parents.
He who opens a school door, closes a
He who opens a school door, closes a prison.
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.
Laws do not persuade just because they
Laws do not persuade just because they threaten.
Wicked deeds are generally done, even
Wicked deeds are generally done, even with impunity, for the mere desire of occupation.
In prison, you get the chance to see who
In prison, you get the chance to see who really loves you.
Vices are not crimes.
Vices are not crimes.
The reformative effect of punishment is
The reformative effect of punishment is a belief that dies hard, chiefly I think, because it is so satisfying to our sadistic impulses.
I am certain that nothing has done so
I am certain that nothing has done so much to destroy the juridical safeguards of individual freedom as the striving after this mirage of social justice.
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.
Taught from infancy that beauty is
Taught from infancy that beauty is woman's sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison.
Once we are destined to live out our
Once we are destined to live out our lives in the prison of our mind, our duty is to furnish it well.
As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more
As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more freely.
No obligation to justice does force a
No obligation to justice does force a man to be cruel, or to use the sharpest sentence.
Crimes generally punish themselves.
Crimes generally punish themselves.
Justice is that virtue of the soul which
Justice is that virtue of the soul which is distributive according to desert.
I have never been contained except I
I have never been contained except I made the prison.
The difference between tax avoidance and
The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison walls.
