Prison, dungeons, blessed places where
Prison, dungeons, blessed places where evil is impossible because they are the crossroads of all the evil in the world. One cannot commit evil in hell.
Corporal punishment falls far more
Corporal punishment falls far more heavily than most weighty pecuniary penalty.
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.
They're not supposed to show prison
They're not supposed to show prison films in prison. Especially ones that are about escaping.
Reality becomes a prison to those who
Reality becomes a prison to those who can’t get out of it.
One man meets an infamous punishment for
One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem upon another.
One of the many lessons that one learns
One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what they are and will be what they will be.
Care should be taken that the punishment
Care should be taken that the punishment does not exceed the guilt; and also that some men do not suffer for offenses for which others are not even indicted.
Two men look out the same prison bars;
Two men look out the same prison bars; one sees mud and the other stars.
Prosecution I have managed to avoid; but
Prosecution I have managed to avoid; but I have been arrested, charged in a police court, have refused to be bound over, and thereupon have been unconditionally released - to my great regret; for I have always wanted to know what going to prison was like.
The refined punishments of the spiritual
The refined punishments of the spiritual mode are usually much more indecent and dangerous than a good smack.
So justice while she winks at crimes,
So justice while she winks at crimes, Stumbles on innocence sometimes.
I know not whether laws be right, or
I know not whether laws be right, or whether laws be wrong; All that we know who lie in gaol is that the wall is strong; And that each day is like a year, a year whose days are long.
I have never been contained except I
I have never been contained except I made the prison.
Women now have choices. They can be
Women now have choices. They can be married, not married, have a job, not have a job, be married with children, unmarried with children. Men have the same choice we've always had: work, or prison.
By noiselessly going to a prison a
By noiselessly going to a prison a civil-resister ensures a calm atmosphere.
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.
Do not lay on the multitude the blame
Do not lay on the multitude the blame that is due to a few.
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.
I wrote a million words in the first
I wrote a million words in the first year, and I could never have done that outside of prison.
The public have more interest in the
The public have more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
To trial bring her stolen charms, and
To trial bring her stolen charms, and let her prison be my arms.
If we were brought to trial for the
If we were brought to trial for the crimes we have committed against ourselves, few would escape the gallows.
Liberty is rendered even more precious
Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.
Every instance of a man's suffering the
Every instance of a man's suffering the penalty of the law is an instance of the failure of that penalty in effecting its purpose, which is to deter.
