I never saw a man who looked With such a
I never saw a man who looked With such a wistful eye Upon that little tent of blue Which prisoners call the sky.
Justice renders to every one his due.
Justice renders to every one his due.
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law.
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.
Taught from infancy that beauty is
Taught from infancy that beauty is woman's sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison.
Two men look out the same prison bars;
Two men look out the same prison bars; one sees mud and the other stars.
Some laws of state aimed at curbing
Some laws of state aimed at curbing crime are even more criminal.
I know how men in exile feed on dreams
I know how men in exile feed on dreams of hope.
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can thus flatter himself.
Here the great art lies, to discern in
Here the great art lies, to discern in what the law is to be to restraint and punishment, and in what things persuasion only is to work.
The contagion of crime is like that of
The contagion of crime is like that of the plague. Criminals collected together corrupt each other; they are worse than ever when at the termination of their punishment they re-enter society.
Society has used the juvenile courts to
Society has used the juvenile courts to create a caste system where there are throw-away people.
One man meets an infamous punishment for
One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem upon another.
The difference between tax avoidance and
The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison walls.
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.
A country is in a bad state, which is
A country is in a bad state, which is governed only by laws; because a thousand things occur for which laws cannot provide, and where authority ought to interpose.
Self is the only prison that can bind
Self is the only prison that can bind the soul.
I have been studying how I may compare
I have been studying how I may compare this prison where I live unto the world; Shut up in the prison of their own consciences.
When it comes to freedom, we are but
When it comes to freedom, we are but prisoners of our own desires.
Organized crime in America takes in over
Organized crime in America takes in over forty billion dollars a year. This is quite a profitable sum, especially when one considers that the Mafia spends very little for office supplies.
It is true you cannot eat freedom and
It is true you cannot eat freedom and you cannot power machinery with democracy. But then neither can political prisoners turn on the light in the cells of a dictatorship.
There is a point at which even justice
There is a point at which even justice does injury.
The degree of civilization in a society
The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.
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.
I don't like jail, they got the wrong
I don't like jail, they got the wrong kind of bars in there.
