A pedestal is as much a prison as any
A pedestal is as much a prison as any small, confined space.
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.
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
I know how men in exile feed on dreams
I know how men in exile feed on dreams of hope.
Some laws of state aimed at curbing
Some laws of state aimed at curbing crime are even more criminal.
The refined punishments of the spiritual
The refined punishments of the spiritual mode are usually much more indecent and dangerous than a good smack.
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.
One of the problems that the marijuana
One of the problems that the marijuana reform movement consistently faces is that everyone wants to talk about what marijuana does, but no one ever wants to look at what marijuana prohibition does. Marijuana never kicks down your door in the middle of the night. Marijuana never locks up sick and dying people, does not suppress medical research, does not peek in bedroom windows. Even if one takes every reefer madness allegation of the prohibitionists at face value, marijuana prohibition has done far more harm to far more people than marijuana ever could.
While crime is punished it yet
While crime is punished it yet increases.
Punishment, that is the justice for the
Punishment, that is the justice for the unjust.
Well does Heaven have care that no man
Well does Heaven have care that no man secures happiness by crime.
When it comes to freedom, we are but
When it comes to freedom, we are but prisoners of our own desires.
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.
The power of punishment is to silence,
The power of punishment is to silence, not to confute.
Let us remember that justice must be
Let us remember that justice must be observed even to the lowest.
No man should be judge in his own case.
No man should be judge in his own case.
You utter a vow, or forge a signature,
You utter a vow, or forge a signature, and you may find yourself bound for life to a monastery, a woman, or prison.
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.
As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more
As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more freely.
Liberty is rendered even more precious
Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.
Money will determine whether the accused
Money will determine whether the accused goes to prison or walks out of the courtroom a free man.
One crime is everything; two nothing.
One crime is everything; two nothing.
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.
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.
One should respect public opinion
One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny.
