Body is a home, a prison and a grave.
Body is a home, a prison and a grave.
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.
By noiselessly going to a prison a
By noiselessly going to a prison a civil-resister ensures a calm atmosphere.
I existed in a world that never is - the
I existed in a world that never is - the prison of the mind.
You stuff somebody into the American
You stuff somebody into the American dream, and it becomes a prison.
One man meets an infamous punishment for
One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem upon another.
I can work for the Lord in or out of
I can work for the Lord in or out of prison.
Do not lay on the multitude the blame
Do not lay on the multitude the blame that is due to a few.
It is more dangerous that even a guilty
It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms of law than that he should escape.
Those magistrates who can prevent crime,
Those magistrates who can prevent crime, and do not, in effect encourage it.
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.
There is no greater punishment of
There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
Hanging was the worst use a man could be
Hanging was the worst use a man could be put to.
I asked a man in prison once how he
I asked a man in prison once how he happened to be there and he said he had stolen a pair of shoes. I told him if he had stolen a railroad he would be a United States Senator.
The number of laws is constantly growing
The number of laws is constantly growing in all countries and, owing to this, what is called crime is very often not a crime at all, for it contains no element of violence or harm.
They were being driven to a prison,
They were being driven to a prison, through no fault of their own, in all probability for life. In comparison, how much easier it would be to walk to the gallows than to this tomb of living horrors!
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.
Virtue pardons the wicked, as the
Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.
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.
Well does Heaven have care that no man
Well does Heaven have care that no man secures happiness by crime.
Some laws of state aimed at curbing
Some laws of state aimed at curbing crime are even more criminal.
There is a point at which even justice
There is a point at which even justice does injury.
One crime is everything; two nothing.
One crime is everything; two nothing.
A sick person is a prisoner.
A sick person is a prisoner.
Nor cell, nor chain, nor dungeon speaks
Nor cell, nor chain, nor dungeon speaks to the murderer like the voice of solitude.
