To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can thus flatter himself.
The worst of prison life, he thought,
The worst of prison life, he thought, was not being able to close his door.
Man is condemned to be free.
Man is condemned to be free.
We don't seem to be able to check crime,
We don't seem to be able to check crime, so why not legalize it and then tax it out of business.
We shall fight against them, throw them
We shall fight against them, throw them in prisons and destroy them.
Liberty is rendered even more precious
Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.
We're in a war. People who blast some
We're in a war. People who blast some pot on a casual basis are guilty of treason.
A pedestal is as much a prison as any
A pedestal is as much a prison as any small, confined space.
I submit that an individual who breaks a
I submit that an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for the law.
If you share the crime of your friend,
If you share the crime of your friend, you make it your own.
Laws do not persuade just because they
Laws do not persuade just because they threaten.
Pardon is the virtue of victory.
Pardon is the virtue of victory.
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.
It is better that ten guilty persons
It is better that ten guilty persons escape, than that one innocent suffer.
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.
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.
If you strike at, imprison, or kill us,
If you strike at, imprison, or kill us, out of our prisons or graves we will still evoke a spirit that will thwart you, and perhaps, raise a force that will destroy you! We defy you! Do your worst!
I never told a victim story about my
I never told a victim story about my imprisonment. Instead, I told a transformation story - about how prison changed my outlook, about how I saw that communication, truth, and trust are at the heart of power.
No man should be judge in his own case.
No man should be judge in his own case.
Steal goods and you’ll go to prison,
Steal goods and you’ll go to prison, steal lands and you are a king.
In prison, you get the chance to see who
In prison, you get the chance to see who really loves you.
Some laws of state aimed at curbing
Some laws of state aimed at curbing crime are even more criminal.
Assassination is the extreme form of
Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.
The refined punishments of the spiritual
The refined punishments of the spiritual mode are usually much more indecent and dangerous than a good smack.
Adversities such as being homeless and
Adversities such as being homeless and going to prison has made many people stronger.
