The number of laws is constantly growing
The number of laws is constantly growing in all countries and, owing to this, what is called crime is very often not a crime at all, for it contains no element of violence or harm.
Taught from infancy that beauty is
Taught from infancy that beauty is woman's sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison.
The contagion of crime is like that of
The contagion of crime is like that of the plague. Criminals collected together corrupt each other; they are worse than ever when at the termination of their punishment they re-enter society.
The solution to our drug problem is not
The solution to our drug problem is not in incarceration.
Most people fancy themselves innocent of
Wherever any one is against his will,
Wherever any one is against his will, that is to him a prison.
I existed in a world that never is - the
I existed in a world that never is - the prison of the mind.
To trial bring her stolen charms, and
To trial bring her stolen charms, and let her prison be my arms.
When it comes to freedom, we are but
When it comes to freedom, we are but prisoners of our own desires.
Reality becomes a prison to those who
Reality becomes a prison to those who can’t get out of it.
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.
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.
Justice is justice though it's always
Justice is justice though it's always delayed and finally done only by mistake.
The only real prison is fear, and the
The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear.
And while God had work for Paul, he
And while God had work for Paul, he found him friends both in court and prison. Let persecutors send saints to prison, God can provide a keeper for their turn.
Well does Heaven have care that no man
Well does Heaven have care that no man secures happiness by crime.
Prosecution I have managed to avoid; but
Prosecution I have managed to avoid; but I have been arrested, charged in a police court, have refused to be bound over, and thereupon have been unconditionally released - to my great regret; for I have always wanted to know what going to prison was like.
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.
Do not lay on the multitude the blame
Do not lay on the multitude the blame that is due to a few.
How dreadful it is when the right judge
How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong.
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.
Assassination is the extreme form of
Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can thus flatter himself.
Every crime has, in the moment of its
Every crime has, in the moment of its perpetration, Its own avenging angel--dark misgiving, An ominous sinking at the inmost heart.
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.
