Why would anyone expect him to come out
Why would anyone expect him to come out smarter? He went to prison for three years, not Princeton.
Wicked deeds are generally done, even
Wicked deeds are generally done, even with impunity, for the mere desire of occupation.
Federal prison, if you get any of it,
Federal prison, if you get any of it, you're going to have to do 85% of it. And the reason why I called it that is because I had a friend who got sent to the federal joint and his whole... it wasn't about him being in jail. He cried about the 85%.
The refined punishments of the spiritual
The refined punishments of the spiritual mode are usually much more indecent and dangerous than a good smack.
The world itself is but a large prison,
The world itself is but a large prison, out of which some are daily led to execution.
They were being driven to a prison,
They were being driven to a prison, through no fault of their own, in all probability for life. In comparison, how much easier it would be to walk to the gallows than to this tomb of living horrors!
Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners
Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts.
How dreadful it is when the right judge
How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong.
No obligation to justice does force a
No obligation to justice does force a man to be cruel, or to use the sharpest sentence.
One crime is everything; two nothing.
One crime is everything; two nothing.
Justice is that virtue of the soul which
Justice is that virtue of the soul which is distributive according to desert.
Society has used the juvenile courts to
Society has used the juvenile courts to create a caste system where there are throw-away people.
Self is the only prison that can bind
Self is the only prison that can bind the soul.
It is impossible to go through life
It is impossible to go through life without trust: That is to be imprisoned in the worst cell of all, oneself.
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.
It was only when I lay there on the
It was only when I lay there on the rotting prison straw that I sensed within myself the first stirrings of good. Gradually it was disclosed to me that the line separating good and evil passes not between states nor between social classes nor between political parties, but right through every human heart, through all human hearts. And that is why I turn back to the years of my imprisonment and say, sometimes to the astonishment of those about me, bless you, prison, for having been a part of my life.
Man is born free, and everywhere he is
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
One should respect public opinion
One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny.
Prosecution I have managed to avoid; but
Prosecution I have managed to avoid; but I have been arrested, charged in a police court, have refused to be bound over, and thereupon have been unconditionally released - to my great regret; for I have always wanted to know what going to prison was like.
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.
Shyness is the prison of the heart.
Shyness is the prison of the heart.
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
Let us remember that justice must be
Let us remember that justice must be observed even to the lowest.
Prisons don't rehabilitate, they don't
Prisons don't rehabilitate, they don't punish, they don't protect, so what the hell do they do?
Money will determine whether the accused
Money will determine whether the accused goes to prison or walks out of the courtroom a free man.
