Money will determine whether the accused
Money will determine whether the accused goes to prison or walks out of the courtroom a free man.
To be in prison so long, it's difficult
To be in prison so long, it's difficult to remember exactly what you did to get there.
A variety in punishment is of utility,
A variety in punishment is of utility, as well as a proportion.
Nor stony tower, nor walls of beaten
Nor stony tower, nor walls of beaten brass, Nor airless dungeon, nor strong links of iron, Can be retentive to the strength of spirit; But life, being weary of these worldly bars, Never lacks power to dismiss itself.
I have paid no poll-tax for six years. I
I have paid no poll-tax for six years. I was put into a jail once on this account, for one night; and, as I stood considering the walls of solid stone, I could not help being struck with the foolishness of that institution which treated me as if I were mere flesh and blood and bones, to be locked up...I saw that, if there was a wall of stone between me and my townsmen, there was a still more difficult one to climb or break through, before they could get to be as free as I was. I did not for a moment feel confined, and the walls seemed a great waste of stone and mortar.
Once we are destined to live out our
Once we are destined to live out our lives in the prison of our mind, our duty is to furnish it well.
Well does Heaven have care that no man
Well does Heaven have care that no man secures happiness by crime.
One crime is everything; two nothing.
One crime is everything; two nothing.
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.
There is a point at which even justice
There is a point at which even justice does injury.
He who profits by a crime commits it.
He who profits by a crime commits it.
In the halls of justice, the only
In the halls of justice, the only justice is in the halls.
One of the many lessons that one learns
One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what they are and will be what they will be.
Overlook our deeds, since you know that
Overlook our deeds, since you know that crime was absent from our inclination.
Society prepares the crime; the criminal
Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.
It is not at the table, but in prison,
It is not at the table, but in prison, that you learn who your true friends are.
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
How dreadful it is when the right judge
How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong.
The law does not pretend to punish
The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.
Every crime has, in the moment of its
Every crime has, in the moment of its perpetration, Its own avenging angel--dark misgiving, An ominous sinking at the inmost heart.
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.
In prison, you get the chance to see who
In prison, you get the chance to see who really loves you.
Reality becomes a prison to those who
Reality becomes a prison to those who can’t get out of it.
Man is born free, and everywhere he is
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
The public have more interest in the
The public have more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
