Assassination is the extreme form of
Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.
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 difference between tax avoidance and
The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison walls.
To trial bring her stolen charms, and
To trial bring her stolen charms, and let her prison be my arms.
Whatever you think of de Sade, he was a
Whatever you think of de Sade, he was a complex figure and we should not look for easy answers with him. He was, strangely perhaps, against the death penalty, and he was never put in prison for murders or anything like that.
It is hard, but it is excellent, to find
It is hard, but it is excellent, to find the right knowledge of when correction is necessary and when grace doth most avail.
In the halls of justice, the only
In the halls of justice, the only justice is in the halls.
Self is the only prison that can bind
Self is the only prison that can bind the soul.
The only difference between me and my
The only difference between me and my fellow actors is that I've spent more time in jail.
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.
Here the great art lies, to discern in
Here the great art lies, to discern in what the law is to be to restraint and punishment, and in what things persuasion only is to work.
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.
They were being driven to a prison,
They were being driven to a prison, through no fault of their own, in all probability for life. In comparison, how much easier it would be to walk to the gallows than to this tomb of living horrors!
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.
While crime is punished it yet
While crime is punished it yet increases.
Justice is that virtue of the soul which
Justice is that virtue of the soul which is distributive according to desert.
I have been studying how I may compare
I have been studying how I may compare This prison where I live unto the world; And, for because the world is populous, And here is not a creature but myself, I cannot do it. Yet I'll hammer it out.
Crimes lead one into another; they who
Crimes lead one into another; they who are capable of being forgers are capable of being incendiaries.
The solution to our drug problem is not
The solution to our drug problem is not in incarceration.
Everyone is a prisoner of his own
Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices - just recognize them.
Probably the only place where a man can
Probably the only place where a man can feel really secure is in a maximum security prison, except for the imminent threat of release.
Reality becomes a prison to those who
Reality becomes a prison to those who can’t get out of it.
One man meets an infamous punishment for
One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem upon another.
A pedestal is as much a prison as any
A pedestal is as much a prison as any small, confined space.
What is crime amongst the multitude, is
What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.
