No written law has been more binding
No written law has been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion.
They're not supposed to show prison
They're not supposed to show prison films in prison. Especially ones that are about escaping.
Shyness is the prison of the heart.
Shyness is the prison of the heart.
He who opens a school door, closes a
He who opens a school door, closes a prison.
No crime has been without a precedent.
No crime has been without a precedent.
Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners
Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts.
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 the halls of justice, the only
In the halls of justice, the only justice is in the halls.
The worst of prison life, he thought,
The worst of prison life, he thought, was not being able to close his door.
The common argument that crime is caused
The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor.
Show me the prison, Show me the jail,
Show me the prison, Show me the jail, Show me the prisoner whose life has gone stale. And I'll show you a young man with so many reasons why And there, but for fortune, go you or I.
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.
A just chastisement may benefit a man,
A just chastisement may benefit a man, though it seldom does; but an unjust one changes all his blood to gall.
The torment of human frustration,
The torment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and 'mangled mind' leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.
One crime is everything; two nothing.
One crime is everything; two nothing.
Adversities such as being homeless and
Adversities such as being homeless and going to prison has made many people stronger.
The most anxious man in a prison is the
The most anxious man in a prison is the governor.
How dreadful it is when the right judge
How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong.
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.
Society has used the juvenile courts to
Society has used the juvenile courts to create a caste system where there are throw-away people.
The law does not pretend to punish
The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.
You utter a vow, or forge a signature,
You utter a vow, or forge a signature, and you may find yourself bound for life to a monastery, a woman, or prison.
The world is a prison in which solitary
The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable.
I know how men in exile feed on dreams
I know how men in exile feed on dreams of hope.
It is hard, but it is excellent, to find
It is hard, but it is excellent, to find the right knowledge of when correction is necessary and when grace doth most avail.
