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.
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.
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 worst of prison life, he thought,
The worst of prison life, he thought, was not being able to close his door.
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.
If you share the crime of your friend,
If you share the crime of your friend, you make it your own.
Clemency alone makes us equal to the
Clemency alone makes us equal to the gods.
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.
The uneven impact of actual enforcement
The uneven impact of actual enforcement measures tends to mirror and reinforce more general patterns of discrimination (along socioeconomic, racial and ethnic, sexual, and perhaps generational lines) within the society. As a consequence, such enforcement (ineffective as it may be in producing conformity) almost certainly reinforces feelings of alienation already prevalent within major segments of the population.
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.
Two men look out the same prison bars;
Two men look out the same prison bars; one sees mud and the other stars.
I just remember that disturbing feeling
I just remember that disturbing feeling of walking into that prison, the complete loss of privacy, the complete loss of stimulation, dignity.
I know how men in exile feed on dreams
I know how men in exile feed on dreams of hope.
It is safer that a bad man should not be
It is safer that a bad man should not be accused, than that he should be acquitted.
Shyness is the prison of the heart.
Shyness is the prison of the heart.
There's no greater threat to our
There's no greater threat to our independence, to our cherished freedoms and personal liberties than the continual, relentless injection of these insidious poisons into our system. We must decide whether we cherish independence from drugs, without which there is no freedom.
The world is a prison in which solitary
The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable.
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.
Crimes lead one into another; they who
Crimes lead one into another; they who are capable of being forgers are capable of being incendiaries.
The virtue of justice consists in
The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.
One crime is everything; two nothing.
One crime is everything; two nothing.
What restrains us from killing is partly
What restrains us from killing is partly fear of punishment, partly moral scruple, and partly what may be described as a sense of humor.
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.
Our task must be to free ourselves from
Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.
A pedestal is as much a prison as any
A pedestal is as much a prison as any small, confined space.
