I can work for the Lord in or out of
I can work for the Lord in or out of prison.
If we look at Houston, which is a very
If we look at Houston, which is a very environmentally toxic place, we find that it has one of the highest levels of young men going to prison and also among the highest levels of illiteracy in the country.
Body is a home, a prison and a grave.
Body is a home, a prison and a grave.
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.
Hard cases, it is said, make bad law.
Hard cases, it is said, make bad law.
How dreadful it is when the right judge
How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong.
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.
Once we are destined to live out our
Once we are destined to live out our lives in the prison of our mind, our duty is to furnish it well.
The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can thus flatter himself.
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.
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.
The world itself is but a large prison,
The world itself is but a large prison, out of which some are daily led to execution.
Faults of the head are punished in this
Faults of the head are punished in this world, those of the heart in another; but as most of our vices are compound, so also is their punishment.
It is better that ten guilty persons
It is better that ten guilty persons escape, than that one innocent suffer.
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.
Any punishment that does not correct,
Any punishment that does not correct, that can merely rouse rebellion in whoever has to endure it, is a piece of gratuitous infamy which makes those who impose it more guilty in the eyes of humanity, good sense and reason, nay a hundred times more guilty than the victim on whom the punishment is inflicted.
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.
Most people fancy themselves innocent of
To try to raise a son from inside the
To try to raise a son from inside the prison walls is a very difficult thing. But I want to say to the world my son at 16 was the one who tried the most to get me out of prison.
~Jim Bakker
Some laws of state aimed at curbing
Some laws of state aimed at curbing crime are even more criminal.
You stuff somebody into the American
You stuff somebody into the American dream, and it becomes a prison.
The common argument that crime is caused
The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor.
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.
Adversities such as being homeless and
Adversities such as being homeless and going to prison has made many people stronger.
