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.
Pardon is the virtue of victory.
Pardon is the virtue of victory.
No written law has been more binding
No written law has been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion.
Fast closed with double grills
Fast closed with double grills
And triple gates – the cell
To wicked souls is hell;
But to a mind that's innocent
'Tis only iron, wood and stone.
To trial bring her stolen charms, and
To trial bring her stolen charms, and let her prison be my arms.
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.
There are few better measures of the
There are few better measures of the concern a society has for its individual members and its own well being than the way it handles criminals.
The world is a prison in which solitary
The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable.
Fear can be like a prison. It is,
Fear can be like a prison. It is, however, a self made prison. Many are imprisoned by fear. No one else can liberate them from this prison. Others may inspire them but they must liberate themselves.
As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more
As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more freely.
Three hundred years ago a prisoner
Three hundred years ago a prisoner condemned to the Tower of London carved on the wall of his cell this sentiment to keep up his spirits during his long imprisonment: “It is not adversity that kills, but the impatience with which we bear adversity.”
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 degree of civilization in a society
The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.
Most people fancy themselves innocent of
The power of punishment is to silence,
The power of punishment is to silence, not to confute.
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.
History is full of people who went to
History is full of people who went to prison or were burned at the stake for proclaiming their ideas. Society has always defended itself.
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.
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 world itself is but a large prison,
The world itself is but a large prison, out of which some are daily led to execution.
The number of laws is constantly growing
The number of laws is constantly growing in all countries and, owing to this, what is called crime is very often not a crime at all, for it contains no element of violence or harm.
Some laws of state aimed at curbing
Some laws of state aimed at curbing crime are even more criminal.
Society prepares the crime; the criminal
Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.
They're not supposed to show prison
They're not supposed to show prison films in prison. Especially ones that are about escaping.
