While we have prisons it matters little
While we have prisons it matters little which of us occupy the cells.
He who does not prevent a crime when he
He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.
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.
Justice renders to every one his due.
Justice renders to every one his due.
I was in prison, and you came unto me.
I was in prison, and you came unto me. Verily I say unto you, inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
~(Jesus Christ) Matthew 25:36, 40
Virtue pardons the wicked, as the
Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.
To try to raise a son from inside the
To try to raise a son from inside the prison walls is a very difficult thing. But I want to say to the world my son at 16 was the one who tried the most to get me out of prison.
~Jim Bakker
I asked a man in prison once how he
I asked a man in prison once how he happened to be there and he said he had stolen a pair of shoes. I told him if he had stolen a railroad he would be a United States Senator.
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenseless!
I existed in a world that never is - the
I existed in a world that never is - the prison of the mind.
Justice is that virtue of the soul which
Justice is that virtue of the soul which is distributive according to desert.
When you are younger you get blamed for
When you are younger you get blamed for crimes you never committed and when you're older you begin to get credit for virtues you never possessed. It evens itself out.
A sick person is a prisoner.
A sick person is a prisoner.
Society prepares the crime; the criminal
Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.
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 world is a prison in which solitary
The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable.
Well does Heaven have care that no man
Well does Heaven have care that no man secures happiness by crime.
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.
In prison, you get the chance to see who
In prison, you get the chance to see who really loves you.
If you want total security, go to
If you want total security, go to prison. There you’re fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking…is freedom.
I have never been contained except I
I have never been contained except I made the prison.
The worst of prison life, he thought,
The worst of prison life, he thought, was not being able to close his door.
The perfection of a thing consists in
The perfection of a thing consists in its essence; there are perfect criminals, as there are men of perfect probity.
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.
He who opens a school door, closes a
He who opens a school door, closes a prison.
