Prison, dungeons, blessed places where
Prison, dungeons, blessed places where evil is impossible because they are the crossroads of all the evil in the world. One cannot commit evil in hell.
In prison, you get the chance to see who
In prison, you get the chance to see who really loves you.
Intellectual despair results in neither
Intellectual despair results in neither weakness nor dreams, but in violence. It is only a matter of knowing how to give vent to one's rage; whether one only wants to wander like madmen around prisons, or whether one wants to overturn them.
In jail a man has no personality. He is
In jail a man has no personality. He is a minor disposal problem and a few entries on reports. Nobody cares who loves or hates him, what he looks like, what he did with his life. Nobody reacts to him unless he gives trouble. Nobody abuses him. All that is asked of him is that he go quietly to the right cell and remain quiet when he gets there. There is nothing to fight against, nothing to be mad at. The jailers are quiet men without animosity or sadism.
We shall not yield to violence. We shall
We shall not yield to violence. We shall not be deprived of union freedoms. We shall never agree with sending people to prison for their convictions.
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.
Wicked deeds are generally done, even
Wicked deeds are generally done, even with impunity, for the mere desire of occupation.
To trial bring her stolen charms, and
To trial bring her stolen charms, and let her prison be my arms.
Crimes generally punish themselves.
Crimes generally punish themselves.
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.
The English laws punish vice; the
The English laws punish vice; the Chinese laws do more, they reward virtue.
There are dreadful punishments enacted
There are dreadful punishments enacted against thieves; but it were much better to make such good provisions, by which every man might be put in a method how to live, and so to be preserved from the fatal necessity of stealing and dying for it.
The only real prison is fear, and the
The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear.
It is the deed that teaches, not the
It is the deed that teaches, not the name we give it. Murder and capital punishment are not opposites that cancel one another, but similars that breed their own kind.
I don't like jail, they got the wrong
I don't like jail, they got the wrong kind of bars in there.
Money will determine whether the accused
Money will determine whether the accused goes to prison or walks out of the courtroom a free man.
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.
You stuff somebody into the American
You stuff somebody into the American dream, and it becomes a prison.
It isn't true that convicts live like
It isn't true that convicts live like animals: animals have more room to move around.
To make punishments efficacious, two
To make punishments efficacious, two things are necessary. They must never be disproportioned to the offence, and they must be certain.
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 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
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.
The guilt of enforced crimes lies on
The guilt of enforced crimes lies on those who impose them.
Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners
Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts.
