We shall fight against them, throw them
We shall fight against them, throw them in prisons and destroy them.
Definition, rationality, and structure
Definition, rationality, and structure are ways of seeing, but they become prisons when they blank out other ways of seeing.
I have been studying how I may compare
I have been studying how I may compare This prison where I live unto the world; And, for because the world is populous, And here is not a creature but myself, I cannot do it. Yet I'll hammer it out.
I know how men in exile feed on dreams
I know how men in exile feed on dreams of hope.
The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
Prison makes you a better judge of
Prison makes you a better judge of character. You pick up on people much faster.
In my country we go to prison first and
In my country we go to prison first and then become President.
Crimes generally punish themselves.
Crimes generally punish themselves.
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.
I know not whether laws be right, or
I know not whether laws be right, or whether laws be wrong; All that we know who lie in gaol is that the wall is strong; And that each day is like a year, a year whose days are long.
The public have more interest in the
The public have more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law.
Crime succeeds by sudden despatch;
Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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.
I can work for the Lord in or out of
I can work for the Lord in or out of prison.
I am an expert of electricity. My father
I am an expert of electricity. My father occupied the chair of applied electricity at the state prison.
Society has used the juvenile courts to
Society has used the juvenile courts to create a caste system where there are throw-away people.
Women now have choices. They can be
Women now have choices. They can be married, not married, have a job, not have a job, be married with children, unmarried with children. Men have the same choice we've always had: work, or prison.
When I was in prison, I was wrapped up
When I was in prison, I was wrapped up in all those deep books. That Tolstoy crap - people shouldn't read that stuff.
There is no greater punishment of
There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenseless!
Punishment, that is the justice for the
Punishment, that is the justice for the unjust.
The guilt of enforced crimes lies on
The guilt of enforced crimes lies on those who impose them.
It is not at the table, but in prison,
It is not at the table, but in prison, that you learn who your true friends are.
To seek the redress of grievances by
To seek the redress of grievances by going to law, is like sheep running for shelter to a bramble bush.