If you share the crime of your friend,
If you share the crime of your friend, you make it your own.
When the Nazis came for the communists,
When the Nazis came for the communists, I remained silent; I was not a communist. When they locked up the social democrats, I remained silent; I was not a social democrat. When they came for the trade unionists, I did not speak out; I was not a trade unionist. When they came for me, there was no one left to speak out.
Forgiveness, that noblest of all
Forgiveness, that noblest of all self-denial, is a virtue which he alone who can practise in himself can willingly believe in another.
The public have more interest in the
The public have more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
Do not lay on the multitude the blame
Do not lay on the multitude the blame that is due to a few.
In the halls of justice, the only
In the halls of justice, the only justice is in the halls.
Liberty is rendered even more precious
Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.
The thoughts of a prisoner - they're not
The thoughts of a prisoner - they're not free either. They keep returning to the same things.
It isn't true that convicts live like
It isn't true that convicts live like animals: animals have more room to move around.
The guilt of enforced crimes lies on
The guilt of enforced crimes lies on those who impose them.
Let us remember that justice must be
Let us remember that justice must be observed even to the lowest.
They took away my money, my family, and
They took away my money, my family, and my security. Why couldn't they destroy my ideas? We will question them in court tomorrow as we trigger The Revolution of all revolutions!
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.
When it comes to freedom, we are but
When it comes to freedom, we are but prisoners of our own desires.
Justice is justice though it's always
Justice is justice though it's always delayed and finally done only by mistake.
In prison, you get the chance to see who
In prison, you get the chance to see who really loves you.
It becomes not a law-maker to be a
It becomes not a law-maker to be a law-breaker.
Prison continues, on those who are
Prison continues, on those who are entrusted to it, a work begun elsewhere, which the whole of society pursues on each individual through innumerable mechanisms of discipline.
I have been studying how I may compare
I have been studying how I may compare this prison where I live unto the world; Shut up in the prison of their own consciences.
The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
A man will be imprisoned in a room with
A man will be imprisoned in a room with a door that's unlocked and opens inwards, as long as it does not occur to him to pull rather than push.
We judge ourselves by what we feel
We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.
The virtue of justice consists in
The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.
The worst prison is not of stone. It is
The worst prison is not of stone. It is of a throbbing heart, outraged by an infamous life.
