Justice is justice though it's always
Justice is justice though it's always delayed and finally done only by mistake.
A pedestal is as much a prison as any
A pedestal is as much a prison as any small, confined space.
Corporal punishment falls far more
Corporal punishment falls far more heavily than most weighty pecuniary penalty.
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
Liberty is rendered even more precious
Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.
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.
Crimes lead one into another; they who
Crimes lead one into another; they who are capable of being forgers are capable of being incendiaries.
It was only when I lay there on the
It was only when I lay there on the rotting prison straw that I sensed within myself the first stirrings of good. Gradually it was disclosed to me that the line separating good and evil passes not between states nor between social classes nor between political parties, but right through every human heart, through all human hearts. And that is why I turn back to the years of my imprisonment and say, sometimes to the astonishment of those about me, bless you, prison, for having been a part of my life.
I have never been contained except I
I have never been contained except I made the prison.
Show me the prison, Show me the jail,
Show me the prison, Show me the jail, Show me the prisoner whose life has gone stale. And I'll show you a young man with so many reasons why And there, but for fortune, go you or I.
Three hundred years ago a prisoner
Three hundred years ago a prisoner condemned to the Tower of London carved on the wall of his cell this sentiment to keep up his spirits during his long imprisonment: “It is not adversity that kills, but the impatience with which we bear adversity.”
When it comes to freedom, we are but
When it comes to freedom, we are but prisoners of our own desires.
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.
The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
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.
How dreadful it is when the right judge
How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong.
Injustice anywhere is a threat to
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.
Mere factual innocence is no reason not
Mere factual innocence is no reason not to carry out a death sentence properly reached.
Everyone is a prisoner of his own
Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices - just recognize them.
Wherever any one is against his will,
Wherever any one is against his will, that is to him a prison.
It is better that ten guilty persons
It is better that ten guilty persons escape, than that one innocent suffer.
Most people fancy themselves innocent of
Steal goods and you’ll go to prison,
Steal goods and you’ll go to prison, steal lands and you are a king.
To be in prison so long, it's difficult
To be in prison so long, it's difficult to remember exactly what you did to get there.
I wrote a million words in the first
I wrote a million words in the first year, and I could never have done that outside of prison.
