No crime has been without a precedent.
No crime has been without a precedent.
Man is condemned to be free.
Man is condemned to be free.
I don't like jail, they got the wrong
I don't like jail, they got the wrong kind of bars in there.
It becomes not a law-maker to be a
It becomes not a law-maker to be a law-breaker.
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law.
Justice is justice though it's always
Justice is justice though it's always delayed and finally done only by mistake.
The only effect of public punishment is
The only effect of public punishment is to show the rabble how bravely it can be borne; and that every one who hath lost a toe-nail hath suffered worse.
Pardon is the virtue of victory.
Pardon is the virtue of victory.
Federal prison, if you get any of it,
Federal prison, if you get any of it, you're going to have to do 85% of it. And the reason why I called it that is because I had a friend who got sent to the federal joint and his whole... it wasn't about him being in jail. He cried about the 85%.
Faults of the head are punished in this
Faults of the head are punished in this world, those of the heart in another; but as most of our vices are compound, so also is their punishment.
They're not supposed to show prison
They're not supposed to show prison films in prison. Especially ones that are about escaping.
I existed in a world that never is - the
I existed in a world that never is - the prison of the mind.
Wicked deeds are generally done, even
Wicked deeds are generally done, even with impunity, for the mere desire of occupation.
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.
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.
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.
It is the spirit and not the form of law
It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
The best situation of all, and one
The best situation of all, and one frequently utilized, is for jails and prisons to allow volunteer ministers of all faiths to enter prisons and offer their services to the inmates who want them. That way, the religious needs of inmates are met but without government funds being spent.
The virtue of justice consists in
The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.
Mere factual innocence is no reason not
Mere factual innocence is no reason not to carry out a death sentence properly reached.
If two people fight on the street, whose
If two people fight on the street, whose fault is it? Who is the criminal? It is the government’s responsibility because the government has not educated the people to not make mistakes. The people have inadequate, incompetent education, so they make mistakes! It is such a fraud.
It was only when I lay there on the
It was only when I lay there on the rotting prison straw that I sensed within myself the first stirrings of good. Gradually it was disclosed to me that the line separating good and evil passes not between states nor between social classes nor between political parties, but right through every human heart, through all human hearts. And that is why I turn back to the years of my imprisonment and say, sometimes to the astonishment of those about me, bless you, prison, for having been a part of my life.
We shall fight against them, throw them
We shall fight against them, throw them in prisons and destroy them.
What is crime amongst the multitude, is
What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.
The only real prison is fear, and the
The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear.
