There's no greater threat to our
There's no greater threat to our independence, to our cherished freedoms and personal liberties than the continual, relentless injection of these insidious poisons into our system. We must decide whether we cherish independence from drugs, without which there is no freedom.
In prison, you get the chance to see who
In prison, you get the chance to see who really loves you.
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenseless!
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.
I sometimes wish that people would put a
I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement.
They're not supposed to show prison
They're not supposed to show prison films in prison. Especially ones that are about escaping.
Adversities such as being homeless and
Adversities such as being homeless and going to prison has made many people stronger.
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.
The mellow sweetness of pumpkin pie off
The mellow sweetness of pumpkin pie off a prison spoon is something you will never forget.
Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners
Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts.
The severest justice may not always be
The severest justice may not always be the best policy.
In jail a man has no personality. He is
In jail a man has no personality. He is a minor disposal problem and a few entries on reports. Nobody cares who loves or hates him, what he looks like, what he did with his life. Nobody reacts to him unless he gives trouble. Nobody abuses him. All that is asked of him is that he go quietly to the right cell and remain quiet when he gets there. There is nothing to fight against, nothing to be mad at. The jailers are quiet men without animosity or sadism.
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can thus flatter himself.
I submit that an individual who breaks a
I submit that an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for the law.
The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
Crime succeeds by sudden despatch;
Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
Governments have tried to stop crime
Governments have tried to stop crime through punishment throughout the ages, but crime continued in the past punishment remains. Crime can only be stopped through a preventive approach in the schools. You teach the students Transcendental Meditation, and right away they’ll begin using their full brain physiology sensible and they will not get sidetracked into wrong things.
Those magistrates who can prevent crime,
Those magistrates who can prevent crime, and do not, in effect encourage it.
Wicked deeds are generally done, even
Wicked deeds are generally done, even with impunity, for the mere desire of occupation.
Some laws of state aimed at curbing
Some laws of state aimed at curbing crime are even more criminal.
Nothing can be more abhorrent to
Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him in prison because he is unpopular. This is really the test of civilization.
The punishment can be remitted; the
The punishment can be remitted; the crime is everlasting.
Liberty is rendered even more precious
Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
Overlook our deeds, since you know that
Overlook our deeds, since you know that crime was absent from our inclination.
