What is crime amongst the multitude, is
What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.
In my country we go to prison first and
In my country we go to prison first and then become President.
Reality becomes a prison to those who
Reality becomes a prison to those who can’t get out of it.
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can thus flatter himself.
Punishment, that is the justice for the
Punishment, that is the justice for the unjust.
We who live in prison, and in whose
We who live in prison, and in whose lives there is no event but sorrow, have to measure time by throbs of pain, and the record of bitter moments.
Two men look out the same prison bars;
Two men look out the same prison bars; one sees mud and the other stars.
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.
On a planet that increasingly resembles
On a planet that increasingly resembles one huge Maximum Security prison, the only intelligent choice is to plan a jail break.
I can work for the Lord in or out of
I can work for the Lord in or out of prison.
If you share the crime of your friend,
If you share the crime of your friend, you make it your own.
Society prepares the crime; the criminal
Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.
One crime has to be concealed by
One crime has to be concealed by another.
Do not lay on the multitude the blame
Do not lay on the multitude the blame that is due to a few.
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.
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.
He was a first-time nonviolent possible
He was a first-time nonviolent possible offender, ... And under the mandatory minimums, he was put in prison for 15 years. Not only does the punishment not fit the crime, but the mandatory minimums don't give judges any discretion to look at the background of the case, to read into the specifics of the case. I don't know a judge who really is in favor of the mandatory minimums.
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.
He who profits by a crime commits it.
He who profits by a crime commits it.
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 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.
Man is born free, and everywhere he is
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
We judge ourselves by what we feel
We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.
The difference between tax avoidance and
The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison walls.
Prison makes you a better judge of
Prison makes you a better judge of character. You pick up on people much faster.
