I am an expert of electricity. My father
I am an expert of electricity. My father occupied the chair of applied electricity at the state prison.
Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners
Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts.
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.
Two men look out the same prison bars;
Two men look out the same prison bars; one sees mud and the other stars.
When you are younger you get blamed for
When you are younger you get blamed for crimes you never committed and when you're older you begin to get credit for virtues you never possessed. It evens itself out.
Vices are not crimes.
Vices are not crimes.
There is a point at which even justice
There is a point at which even justice does injury.
It is the spirit and not the form of law
It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
One man meets an infamous punishment for
One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem upon another.
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.
We shall fight against them, throw them
We shall fight against them, throw them in prisons and destroy them.
In prison, you get the chance to see who
In prison, you get the chance to see who really loves you.
When the Nazis came for the communists,
When the Nazis came for the communists, I remained silent; I was not a communist. When they locked up the social democrats, I remained silent; I was not a social democrat. When they came for the trade unionists, I did not speak out; I was not a trade unionist. When they came for me, there was no one left to speak out.
When is conduct a crime, and when is a
When is conduct a crime, and when is a crime not a crime? When Somebody Up There -- a monarch, a dictator, a Pope, a legislator -- so decrees.
It becomes not a law-maker to be a
It becomes not a law-maker to be a law-breaker.
The only difference between me and my
The only difference between me and my fellow actors is that I've spent more time in jail.
The best situation of all, and one
The best situation of all, and one frequently utilized, is for jails and prisons to allow volunteer ministers of all faiths to enter prisons and offer their services to the inmates who want them. That way, the religious needs of inmates are met but without government funds being spent.
No crime has been without a precedent.
No crime has been without a precedent.
Clemency alone makes us equal to the
Clemency alone makes us equal to the gods.
As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more
As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more freely.
Whatever is worthy to be loved for
Whatever is worthy to be loved for anything is worthy of preservation. A wise and dispassionate legislator, if any such should ever arise among men, will not condemn to death him who has done or is likely to do more service than injury to society. Blocks and gibbets are the nearest objects with legislators, and their business is never with hopes or with virtues.
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%.
Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of
Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of prison stronger.
Probably the only place where a man can
Probably the only place where a man can feel really secure is in a maximum security prison, except for the imminent threat of release.
Some laws of state aimed at curbing
Some laws of state aimed at curbing crime are even more criminal.
