If you want total security, go to
If you want total security, go to prison. There you’re fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking…is freedom.
Liberty is rendered even more precious
Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.
Fear can be like a prison. It is,
Fear can be like a prison. It is, however, a self made prison. Many are imprisoned by fear. No one else can liberate them from this prison. Others may inspire them but they must liberate themselves.
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenseless!
Oh who is that young sinner with the
Oh who is that young sinner with the handcuffs on his wrist? And what has he been after that they groan and shake their fists? And wherefore is he wearing such a conscience-stricken air? Oh they're taking him to prison for the colour of his hair.
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.
Law is merely the expression of the will
Law is merely the expression of the will of the strongest for the time being, and therefore laws have no fixity, but shift from generation to generation.
Justice is justice though it's always
Justice is justice though it's always delayed and finally done only by mistake.
Hanging was the worst use a man could be
Hanging was the worst use a man could be put to.
Every instance of a man's suffering the
Every instance of a man's suffering the penalty of the law is an instance of the failure of that penalty in effecting its purpose, which is to deter.
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law.
If you share the crime of your friend,
If you share the crime of your friend, you make it your own.
The idea that the sole aim of punishment
The idea that the sole aim of punishment is to prevent crime is obviously grounded upon the theory that crime can be prevented, which is almost as dubious as the notion that poverty can be prevented.
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.
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.
Man is born free, and everywhere he is
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
The guilt of enforced crimes lies on
The guilt of enforced crimes lies on those who impose them.
Man is condemned to be free.
Man is condemned to be free.
Here the great art lies, to discern in
Here the great art lies, to discern in what the law is to be to restraint and punishment, and in what things persuasion only is to work.
The solution to our drug problem is not
The solution to our drug problem is not in incarceration.
In prison, you get the chance to see who
In prison, you get the chance to see who really loves you.
I have been studying how I may compare
I have been studying how I may compare This prison where I live unto the world; And, for because the world is populous, And here is not a creature but myself, I cannot do it. Yet I'll hammer it out.
Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of
Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of prison stronger.
I existed in a world that never is - the
I existed in a world that never is - the prison of the mind.
To make punishments efficacious, two
To make punishments efficacious, two things are necessary. They must never be disproportioned to the offence, and they must be certain.
