Care should be taken that the punishment
Care should be taken that the punishment does not exceed the guilt; and also that some men do not suffer for offenses for which others are not even indicted.
Reality becomes a prison to those who
Reality becomes a prison to those who can’t get out of it.
By noiselessly going to a prison a
By noiselessly going to a prison a civil-resister ensures a calm atmosphere.
While we have prisons it matters little
While we have prisons it matters little which of us occupy the cells.
Our task must be to free ourselves from
Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.
Corporal punishment falls far more
Corporal punishment falls far more heavily than most weighty pecuniary penalty.
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.
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.
The virtue of justice consists in
The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.
Justice is justice though it's always
Justice is justice though it's always delayed and finally done only by mistake.
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.
If we look at Houston, which is a very
If we look at Houston, which is a very environmentally toxic place, we find that it has one of the highest levels of young men going to prison and also among the highest levels of illiteracy in the country.
Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of
Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of prison stronger.
The solution to our drug problem is not
The solution to our drug problem is not in incarceration.
It is better that ten guilty persons
It is better that ten guilty persons escape, than that one innocent suffer.
We have initiated programs for re-entry
We have initiated programs for re-entry offenders, since some 500,000 to 600,000 offenders will come out of prison each year for the next three or four years. We want to have positive alternatives when they come back to the community.
It becomes not a law-maker to be a
It becomes not a law-maker to be a law-breaker.
It is true you cannot eat freedom and
It is true you cannot eat freedom and you cannot power machinery with democracy. But then neither can political prisoners turn on the light in the cells of a dictatorship.
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.
Self is the only prison that can bind
Self is the only prison that can bind the soul.
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
The reformative effect of punishment is
The reformative effect of punishment is a belief that dies hard, chiefly I think, because it is so satisfying to our sadistic impulses.
History is full of people who went to
History is full of people who went to prison or were burned at the stake for proclaiming their ideas. Society has always defended itself.
Fear can be like a prison. It is,
Fear can be like a prison. It is, however, a self made prison. Many are imprisoned by fear. No one else can liberate them from this prison. Others may inspire them but they must liberate themselves.
Crime is a logical extension of the sort
Crime is a logical extension of the sort of behavior that often [is] considered perfectly respectable in legitimate business.
