Wicked deeds are generally done, even
Wicked deeds are generally done, even with impunity, for the mere desire of occupation.
I can work for the Lord in or out of
I can work for the Lord in or out of prison.
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.
I have never been contained except I
I have never been contained except I made the prison.
Society has used the juvenile courts to
Society has used the juvenile courts to create a caste system where there are throw-away people.
Man is condemned to be free.
Man is condemned to be free.
How dreadful it is when the right judge
How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong.
Two men look out the same prison bars;
Two men look out the same prison bars; one sees mud and the other stars.
A sick person is a prisoner.
A sick person is a prisoner.
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.
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can thus flatter himself.
The most anxious man in a prison is the
The most anxious man in a prison is the governor.
Laws do not persuade just because they
Laws do not persuade just because they threaten.
The world itself is but a large prison,
The world itself is but a large prison, out of which some are daily led to execution.
Before we can diminish our sufferings
Before we can diminish our sufferings from the ill-controlled aggressive assaults of fellow citizens, we must renounce the philosophy of punishment, the obsolete, vengeful penal attitude. In its place we would seek a comprehensive, constructive social attitude - therapeutic in some instances, restraining in some instances, but preventive in its total social impact. In the last analysis this becomes a question of personal morals and values. No matter how glorified or how piously disguised, vengeance as a human motive must be personally repudiated by each and every one of us.
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.
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.
When I was in prison, I was wrapped up
When I was in prison, I was wrapped up in all those deep books. That Tolstoy crap - people shouldn't read that stuff.
Well does Heaven have care that no man
Well does Heaven have care that no man secures happiness by crime.
Overlook our deeds, since you know that
Overlook our deeds, since you know that crime was absent from our inclination.
I was in prison, and you came unto me.
I was in prison, and you came unto me. Verily I say unto you, inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
~(Jesus Christ) Matthew 25:36, 40
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenseless!
Assassination is the extreme form of
Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.
The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
Liberty is rendered even more precious
Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.
