To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can thus flatter himself.
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.
Society has used the juvenile courts to
Society has used the juvenile courts to create a caste system where there are throw-away people.
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.
The English laws punish vice; the
The English laws punish vice; the Chinese laws do more, they reward virtue.
He who profits by a crime commits it.
He who profits by a crime commits it.
When I was in prison, I was wrapped up
When I was in prison, I was wrapped up in all those deep books. That Tolstoy crap - people shouldn't read that stuff.
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law.
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenseless!
The worst prison is not of stone. It is
The worst prison is not of stone. It is of a throbbing heart, outraged by an infamous life.
Adversities such as being homeless and
Adversities such as being homeless and going to prison has made many people stronger.
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.
There are dreadful punishments enacted
There are dreadful punishments enacted against thieves; but it were much better to make such good provisions, by which every man might be put in a method how to live, and so to be preserved from the fatal necessity of stealing and dying for it.
To trial bring her stolen charms, and
To trial bring her stolen charms, and let her prison be my arms.
Three hundred years ago a prisoner
Three hundred years ago a prisoner condemned to the Tower of London carved on the wall of his cell this sentiment to keep up his spirits during his long imprisonment: “It is not adversity that kills, but the impatience with which we bear adversity.”
Wherever any one is against his will,
Wherever any one is against his will, that is to him a prison.
Intellectual despair results in neither
Intellectual despair results in neither weakness nor dreams, but in violence. It is only a matter of knowing how to give vent to one's rage; whether one only wants to wander like madmen around prisons, or whether one wants to overturn them.
Laws do not persuade just because they
Laws do not persuade just because they threaten.
It isn't true that convicts live like
It isn't true that convicts live like animals: animals have more room to move around.
No crime has been without a precedent.
No crime has been without a precedent.
Shyness is the prison of the heart.
Shyness is the prison of the heart.
I have been studying how I may compare
I have been studying how I may compare this prison where I live unto the world; Shut up in the prison of their own consciences.
The public have more interest in the
The public have more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
Women have worked hard; starved in
Women have worked hard; starved in prison; given of their time and lives that we might sit in the House of Commons and take part in the legislating of this country.
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.
