I was in prison, and you came unto me.
I was in prison, and you came unto me. Verily I say unto you, inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
~(Jesus Christ) Matthew 25:36, 40
The most anxious man in a prison is the
The most anxious man in a prison is the governor.
Overlook our deeds, since you know that
Overlook our deeds, since you know that crime was absent from our inclination.
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.
Organized crime in America takes in over
Organized crime in America takes in over forty billion dollars a year. This is quite a profitable sum, especially when one considers that the Mafia spends very little for office supplies.
I submit that an individual who breaks a
I submit that an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for the law.
The refined punishments of the spiritual
The refined punishments of the spiritual mode are usually much more indecent and dangerous than a good smack.
No man should be judge in his own case.
No man should be judge in his own case.
The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
On a planet that increasingly resembles
On a planet that increasingly resembles one huge Maximum Security prison, the only intelligent choice is to plan a jail break.
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can thus flatter himself.
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.
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.
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.
Steal goods and you’ll go to prison,
Steal goods and you’ll go to prison, steal lands and you are a king.
We're in a war. People who blast some
We're in a war. People who blast some pot on a casual basis are guilty of treason.
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.
On average, drug prisoners spend more
On average, drug prisoners spend more time in federal prison than rapists, who often get out on early release because of the overcrowding in prison caused by the Drug War.
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.
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenseless!
Self is the only prison that can bind
Self is the only prison that can bind the soul.
The English laws punish vice; the
The English laws punish vice; the Chinese laws do more, they reward virtue.
Corporal punishment falls far more
Corporal punishment falls far more heavily than most weighty pecuniary penalty.
There are dreadful punishments enacted
There are dreadful punishments enacted against thieves; but it were much better to make such good provisions, by which every man might be put in a method how to live, and so to be preserved from the fatal necessity of stealing and dying for it.
Well, I don't think prisons are the
Well, I don't think prisons are the answer to everything, obviously.
