We shall fight against them, throw them
We shall fight against them, throw them in prisons and destroy them.
Justice is justice though it's always
Justice is justice though it's always delayed and finally done only by mistake.
I am an expert of electricity. My father
I am an expert of electricity. My father occupied the chair of applied electricity at the state prison.
If we were brought to trial for the
If we were brought to trial for the crimes we have committed against ourselves, few would escape the gallows.
I never told a victim story about my
I never told a victim story about my imprisonment. Instead, I told a transformation story - about how prison changed my outlook, about how I saw that communication, truth, and trust are at the heart of power.
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.
One crime is everything; two nothing.
One crime is everything; two nothing.
The only real prison is fear, and the
The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear.
Crime succeeds by sudden despatch;
Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
One man meets an infamous punishment for
One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem upon another.
What restrains us from killing is partly
What restrains us from killing is partly fear of punishment, partly moral scruple, and partly what may be described as a sense of humor.
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.
Man is born free, and everywhere he is
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
Pardon is the virtue of victory.
Pardon is the virtue of victory.
Prison makes you a better judge of
Prison makes you a better judge of character. You pick up on people much faster.
The public have more interest in the
The public have more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
One of the many lessons that one learns
One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what they are and will be what they will be.
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.
The virtue of justice consists in
The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.
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.
He was a first-time nonviolent possible
He was a first-time nonviolent possible offender, ... And under the mandatory minimums, he was put in prison for 15 years. Not only does the punishment not fit the crime, but the mandatory minimums don't give judges any discretion to look at the background of the case, to read into the specifics of the case. I don't know a judge who really is in favor of the mandatory minimums.
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.
Money will determine whether the accused
Money will determine whether the accused goes to prison or walks out of the courtroom a free man.
Steal goods and you’ll go to prison,
Steal goods and you’ll go to prison, steal lands and you are a king.
Mere factual innocence is no reason not
Mere factual innocence is no reason not to carry out a death sentence properly reached.
