A pedestal is as much a prison as any
A pedestal is as much a prison as any small, confined space.
A sick person is a prisoner.
A sick person is a prisoner.
What is crime amongst the multitude, is
What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.
The difference between tax avoidance and
The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison walls.
I know how men in exile feed on dreams
I know how men in exile feed on dreams of hope.
Civilization is maintained by a very few
Civilization is maintained by a very few people in a small number of places and we need only some bombs and a few prisons to blot it out altogether.
Most people fancy themselves innocent of
Since 1957, black people have
Since 1957, black people have experienced double-digit unemployment - in good times and bad times. Look at the population of African Americans in prison. They represent more than half the population of prisoners in the country, 55 percent of those on death row.
Women now have choices. They can be
Women now have choices. They can be married, not married, have a job, not have a job, be married with children, unmarried with children. Men have the same choice we've always had: work, or 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.
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.
Liberty is rendered even more precious
Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.
In my country we go to prison first and
In my country we go to prison first and then become President.
Let us remember that justice must be
Let us remember that justice must be observed even to the lowest.
Self is the only prison that can bind
Self is the only prison that can bind the soul.
Our task must be to free ourselves from
Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.
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.
Prison makes you a better judge of
Prison makes you a better judge of character. You pick up on people much faster.
Vices are not crimes.
Vices are not crimes.
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.
Society prepares the crime; the criminal
Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.
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 best situation of all, and one
The best situation of all, and one frequently utilized, is for jails and prisons to allow volunteer ministers of all faiths to enter prisons and offer their services to the inmates who want them. That way, the religious needs of inmates are met but without government funds being spent.
I am certain that nothing has done so
I am certain that nothing has done so much to destroy the juridical safeguards of individual freedom as the striving after this mirage of social justice.
While crime is punished it yet
While crime is punished it yet increases.
