A sick person is a prisoner.
A sick person is a prisoner.
I know how men in exile feed on dreams
I know how men in exile feed on dreams of hope.
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.
There is a point at which even justice
There is a point at which even justice does injury.
It becomes not a law-maker to be a
It becomes not a law-maker to be a law-breaker.
It is more dangerous that even a guilty
It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms of law than that he should escape.
One man meets an infamous punishment for
One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem upon another.
No man should be judge in his own case.
No man should be judge in his own case.
Prison makes you a better judge of
Prison makes you a better judge of character. You pick up on people much faster.
Wherever any one is against his will,
Wherever any one is against his will, that is to him a prison.
He who opens a school door, closes a
He who opens a school door, closes a prison.
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.
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.
The world is a prison in which solitary
The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable.
Nor stony tower, nor walls of beaten
Nor stony tower, nor walls of beaten brass, Nor airless dungeon, nor strong links of iron, Can be retentive to the strength of spirit; But life, being weary of these worldly bars, Never lacks power to dismiss itself.
In prison, you get the chance to see who
In prison, you get the chance to see who really loves you.
Body is a home, a prison and a grave.
Body is a home, a prison and a grave.
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.
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.
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.
They took away my money, my family, and
They took away my money, my family, and my security. Why couldn't they destroy my ideas? We will question them in court tomorrow as we trigger The Revolution of all revolutions!
Most people fancy themselves innocent of
Law is merely the expression of the will
Law is merely the expression of the will of the strongest for the time being, and therefore laws have no fixity, but shift from generation to generation.
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can thus flatter himself.
To trial bring her stolen charms, and
To trial bring her stolen charms, and let her prison be my arms.
