Adversities such as being homeless and
Adversities such as being homeless and going to prison has made many people stronger.
There are few better measures of the
There are few better measures of the concern a society has for its individual members and its own well being than the way it handles criminals.
They took away my money, my family, and
They took away my money, my family, and my security. Why couldn't they destroy my ideas? We will question them in court tomorrow as we trigger The Revolution of all revolutions!
A sick person is a prisoner.
A sick person is a prisoner.
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.
Clemency alone makes us equal to the
Clemency alone makes us equal to the gods.
Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners
Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts.
The only difference between me and my
The only difference between me and my fellow actors is that I've spent more time in jail.
No written law has been more binding
No written law has been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion.
When the Nazis came for the communists,
When the Nazis came for the communists, I remained silent; I was not a communist. When they locked up the social democrats, I remained silent; I was not a social democrat. When they came for the trade unionists, I did not speak out; I was not a trade unionist. When they came for me, there was no one left to speak out.
It is safer that a bad man should not be
It is safer that a bad man should not be accused, than that he should be acquitted.
Society has used the juvenile courts to
Society has used the juvenile courts to create a caste system where there are throw-away people.
Probably the only place where a man can
Probably the only place where a man can feel really secure is in a maximum security prison, except for the imminent threat of release.
Shyness is the prison of the heart.
Shyness is the prison of the heart.
Crimes generally punish themselves.
Crimes generally punish themselves.
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.
Some laws of state aimed at curbing
Some laws of state aimed at curbing crime are even more criminal.
How dreadful it is when the right judge
How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong.
The difference between tax avoidance and
The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison walls.
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.
Mere factual innocence is no reason not
Mere factual innocence is no reason not to carry out a death sentence properly reached.
Prison continues, on those who are
Prison continues, on those who are entrusted to it, a work begun elsewhere, which the whole of society pursues on each individual through innumerable mechanisms of discipline.
It is the spirit and not the form of law
It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
The power of punishment is to silence,
The power of punishment is to silence, not to confute.
Two men look out the same prison bars;
Two men look out the same prison bars; one sees mud and the other stars.
