A Sunday school is a prison in which
A Sunday school is a prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their parents.
No written law has been more binding
No written law has been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion.
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.
There are only two places in the world
There are only two places in the world where time takes precedence over the job to be done. School and prison.
The virtue of justice consists in
The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.
Crimes lead one into another; they who
Crimes lead one into another; they who are capable of being forgers are capable of being incendiaries.
How dreadful it is when the right judge
How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong.
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.
The only real prison is fear, and the
The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear.
Kill a man, and you are an assassin.
Kill a man, and you are an assassin. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill everyone, and you are a God.
To try to raise a son from inside the
To try to raise a son from inside the prison walls is a very difficult thing. But I want to say to the world my son at 16 was the one who tried the most to get me out of prison.
~Jim Bakker
I can work for the Lord in or out of
I can work for the Lord in or out of prison.
It is the deed that teaches, not the
It is the deed that teaches, not the name we give it. Murder and capital punishment are not opposites that cancel one another, but similars that breed their own kind.
The severest justice may not always be
The severest justice may not always be the best policy.
It is safer that a bad man should not be
It is safer that a bad man should not be accused, than that he should be acquitted.
The mellow sweetness of pumpkin pie off
The mellow sweetness of pumpkin pie off a prison spoon is something you will never forget.
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 punishment can be remitted; the
The punishment can be remitted; the crime is everlasting.
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.
The penalty for laughing in a courtroom
The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail; if it were not for this penalty, the jury would never hear the evidence.
Body is a home, a prison and a grave.
Body is a home, a prison and a grave.
We shall fight against them, throw them
We shall fight against them, throw them in prisons and destroy them.
No man survives when freedom fails. The
No man survives when freedom fails. The best men rot in filthy jails, and those who cry 'appease, appease' are hanged by those they tried to please.
The world is a prison in which solitary
The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable.
