The thoughts of a prisoner - they're not
The thoughts of a prisoner - they're not free either. They keep returning to the same things.
We shall not yield to violence. We shall
We shall not yield to violence. We shall not be deprived of union freedoms. We shall never agree with sending people to prison for their convictions.
I wrote a million words in the first
I wrote a million words in the first year, and I could never have done that outside of prison.
A country is in a bad state, which is
A country is in a bad state, which is governed only by laws; because a thousand things occur for which laws cannot provide, and where authority ought to interpose.
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.
What is crime amongst the multitude, is
What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.
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.
The world is a prison in which solitary
The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable.
Well, I don't think prisons are the
Well, I don't think prisons are the answer to everything, obviously.
In prison, you get the chance to see who
In prison, you get the chance to see who really loves you.
Prison makes you a better judge of
Prison makes you a better judge of character. You pick up on people much faster.
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.
Clemency alone makes us equal to the
Clemency alone makes us equal to the gods.
I can work for the Lord in or out of
I can work for the Lord in or out of prison.
Laws do not persuade just because they
Laws do not persuade just because they threaten.
Corporal punishment falls far more
Corporal punishment falls far more heavily than most weighty pecuniary penalty.
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%.
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.
If you strike at, imprison, or kill us,
If you strike at, imprison, or kill us, out of our prisons or graves we will still evoke a spirit that will thwart you, and perhaps, raise a force that will destroy you! We defy you! Do your worst!
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.
There is no peace because the making of
There is no peace because the making of peace is at least as costly as the making of war - at least as exigent, at least as disruptive, at least as liable to bring disgrace and prison and death in its wake.
They're not supposed to show prison
They're not supposed to show prison films in prison. Especially ones that are about escaping.
I am certain that nothing has done so
I am certain that nothing has done so much to destroy the juridical safeguards of individual freedom as the striving after this mirage of social justice.
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.
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.
