Adversities such as being homeless and
Adversities such as being homeless and going to prison has made many people stronger.
One of the many lessons that one learns
One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what they are and will be what they will be.
Shyness is the prison of the heart.
Shyness is the prison of the heart.
Oh who is that young sinner with the
Oh who is that young sinner with the handcuffs on his wrist? And what has he been after that they groan and shake their fists? And wherefore is he wearing such a conscience-stricken air? Oh they're taking him to prison for the colour of his hair.
A sick person is a prisoner.
A sick person is a prisoner.
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.
If punishment reaches not the mind and
If punishment reaches not the mind and makes not the will supple, it hardens the offender.
If two people fight on the street, whose
If two people fight on the street, whose fault is it? Who is the criminal? It is the government’s responsibility because the government has not educated the people to not make mistakes. The people have inadequate, incompetent education, so they make mistakes! It is such a fraud.
Virtue pardons the wicked, as the
Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.
It isn't true that convicts live like
It isn't true that convicts live like animals: animals have more room to move around.
Show me the prison, Show me the jail,
Show me the prison, Show me the jail, Show me the prisoner whose life has gone stale. And I'll show you a young man with so many reasons why And there, but for fortune, go you or I.
The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
We who live in prison, and in whose
We who live in prison, and in whose lives there is no event but sorrow, have to measure time by throbs of pain, and the record of bitter moments.
Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of
Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of prison stronger.
Steal goods and you’ll go to prison,
Steal goods and you’ll go to prison, steal lands and you are a king.
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.
Everyone is a prisoner of his own
Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices - just recognize them.
It is the deed that teaches, not the
It is the deed that teaches, not the name we give it. Murder and capital punishment are not opposites that cancel one another, but similars that breed their own kind.
The common argument that crime is caused
The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor.
No crime has been without a precedent.
No crime has been without a precedent.
The English laws punish vice; the
The English laws punish vice; the Chinese laws do more, they reward virtue.
Clemency alone makes us equal to the
Clemency alone makes us equal to the gods.
I can work for the Lord in or out of
I can work for the Lord in or out of prison.
To my mind, to kill in war is not a whit
To my mind, to kill in war is not a whit better than to commit ordinary murder.
Corporal punishment falls far more
Corporal punishment falls far more heavily than most weighty pecuniary penalty.
