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.
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.
I can work for the Lord in or out of
I can work for the Lord in or out of prison.
On a planet that increasingly resembles
On a planet that increasingly resembles one huge Maximum Security prison, the only intelligent choice is to plan a jail break.
I submit that an individual who breaks a
I submit that an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for the law.
Adversities such as being homeless and
Adversities such as being homeless and going to prison has made many people stronger.
A country is in a bad state, which is
A country is in a bad state, which is governed only by laws; because a thousand things occur for which laws cannot provide, and where authority ought to interpose.
Injustice anywhere is a threat to
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.
The English laws punish vice; the
The English laws punish vice; the Chinese laws do more, they reward virtue.
While we have prisons it matters little
While we have prisons it matters little which of us occupy the cells.
Nothing can be more abhorrent to
Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him in prison because he is unpopular. This is really the test of civilization.
He who does not prevent a crime when he
He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.
The virtue of justice consists in
The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.
Vices are not crimes.
Vices are not crimes.
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.
Why would anyone expect him to come out
Why would anyone expect him to come out smarter? He went to prison for three years, not Princeton.
The penalty for laughing in a courtroom
The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail; if it were not for this penalty, the jury would never hear the evidence.
Liberty is rendered even more precious
Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.
The world is a prison in which solitary
The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable.
No matter how you seem to fatten on a
No matter how you seem to fatten on a crime, that can never be good for the bee which is bad for the hive.
There's no greater threat to our
There's no greater threat to our independence, to our cherished freedoms and personal liberties than the continual, relentless injection of these insidious poisons into our system. We must decide whether we cherish independence from drugs, without which there is no freedom.
Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners
Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts.
When it comes to freedom, we are but
When it comes to freedom, we are but prisoners of our own desires.
Justice renders to every one his due.
Justice renders to every one his due.
I have never been contained except I
I have never been contained except I made the prison.
