Reality becomes a prison to those who
Reality becomes a prison to those who can’t get out of it.
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.
Money will determine whether the accused
Money will determine whether the accused goes to prison or walks out of the courtroom a free man.
Overlook our deeds, since you know that
Overlook our deeds, since you know that crime was absent from our inclination.
The punishment can be remitted; the
The punishment can be remitted; the crime is everlasting.
I don't like being famous - it is like a
I don't like being famous - it is like a prison. And driving for Ferrari would make it far worse.
The power of punishment is to silence,
The power of punishment is to silence, not to confute.
The English laws punish vice; the
The English laws punish vice; the Chinese laws do more, they reward virtue.
It isn't true that convicts live like
It isn't true that convicts live like animals: animals have more room to move around.
Self is the only prison that can bind
Self is the only prison that can bind the soul.
Mere factual innocence is no reason not
Mere factual innocence is no reason not to carry out a death sentence properly reached.
Written laws are like spiders' webs, and
Written laws are like spiders' webs, and will, like them, only entangle and hold the poor and weak, while the rich and powerful will easily break through them.
Society prepares the crime; the criminal
Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.
So justice while she winks at crimes,
So justice while she winks at crimes, Stumbles on innocence sometimes.
Prison continues, on those who are
Prison continues, on those who are entrusted to it, a work begun elsewhere, which the whole of society pursues on each individual through innumerable mechanisms of discipline.
The law does not pretend to punish
The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.
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.
Injustice anywhere is a threat to
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can thus flatter himself.
It was only when I lay there on the
It was only when I lay there on the rotting prison straw that I sensed within myself the first stirrings of good. Gradually it was disclosed to me that the line separating good and evil passes not between states nor between social classes nor between political parties, but right through every human heart, through all human hearts. And that is why I turn back to the years of my imprisonment and say, sometimes to the astonishment of those about me, bless you, prison, for having been a part of my life.
Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners
Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts.
Definition, rationality, and structure
Definition, rationality, and structure are ways of seeing, but they become prisons when they blank out other ways of seeing.
America is the land of the second chance
America is the land of the second chance – and when the gates of the prison open, the path ahead should lead to a better life.
To be in prison so long, it's difficult
To be in prison so long, it's difficult to remember exactly what you did to get there.
The world is a prison in which solitary
The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable.
