Written laws are like spiders' webs, and
Written laws are like spiders' webs, and will, like them, only entangle and hold the poor and weak, while the rich and powerful will easily break through them.
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.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
We judge ourselves by what we feel
We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.
Definition, rationality, and structure
Definition, rationality, and structure are ways of seeing, but they become prisons when they blank out other ways of seeing.
In prison, you get the chance to see who
In prison, you get the chance to see who really loves you.
The world is a prison in which solitary
The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable.
We're in a war. People who blast some
We're in a war. People who blast some pot on a casual basis are guilty of treason.
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.
Crimes lead one into another; they who
Crimes lead one into another; they who are capable of being forgers are capable of being incendiaries.
Prison, dungeons, blessed places where
Prison, dungeons, blessed places where evil is impossible because they are the crossroads of all the evil in the world. One cannot commit evil in hell.
When it comes to freedom, we are but
When it comes to freedom, we are but prisoners of our own desires.
The solution to our drug problem is not
The solution to our drug problem is not in incarceration.
It is hard, but it is excellent, to find
It is hard, but it is excellent, to find the right knowledge of when correction is necessary and when grace doth most avail.
Man is born free, and everywhere he is
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
It is impossible to go through life
It is impossible to go through life without trust: That is to be imprisoned in the worst cell of all, oneself.
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.
Distrust all in whom the impulse to
Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.
Justice renders to every one his due.
Justice renders to every one his due.
A man will be imprisoned in a room with
A man will be imprisoned in a room with a door that's unlocked and opens inwards, as long as it does not occur to him to pull rather than push.
I just remember that disturbing feeling
I just remember that disturbing feeling of walking into that prison, the complete loss of privacy, the complete loss of stimulation, dignity.
In the halls of justice, the only
In the halls of justice, the only justice is in the halls.
Two men look out the same prison bars;
Two men look out the same prison bars; one sees mud and the other stars.
One crime has to be concealed by
One crime has to be concealed by another.
