Written laws are like spiders' webs, and
Written laws are like spiders' webs, and will, like them, only entangle and hold the poor and weak, while the rich and powerful will easily break through them.
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.
If you strike at, imprison, or kill us,
If you strike at, imprison, or kill us, out of our prisons or graves we will still evoke a spirit that will thwart you, and perhaps, raise a force that will destroy you! We defy you! Do your worst!
Some laws of state aimed at curbing
Some laws of state aimed at curbing crime are even more criminal.
We shall fight against them, throw them
We shall fight against them, throw them in prisons and destroy them.
Distrust all in whom the impulse to
Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.
I existed in a world that never is - the
I existed in a world that never is - the prison of the mind.
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.
He who does not prevent a crime when he
He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.
The solution to our drug problem is not
The solution to our drug problem is not in incarceration.
Mere factual innocence is no reason not
Mere factual innocence is no reason not to carry out a death sentence properly reached.
When it comes to freedom, we are but
When it comes to freedom, we are but prisoners of our own desires.
It isn't true that convicts live like
It isn't true that convicts live like animals: animals have more room to move around.
Self is the only prison that can bind
Self is the only prison that can bind the soul.
I have been studying how I may compare
I have been studying how I may compare this prison where I live unto the world; Shut up in the prison of their own consciences.
A variety in punishment is of utility,
A variety in punishment is of utility, as well as a proportion.
The severest justice may not always be
The severest justice may not always be the best policy.
They took away my money, my family, and
They took away my money, my family, and my security. Why couldn't they destroy my ideas? We will question them in court tomorrow as we trigger The Revolution of all revolutions!
Do not lay on the multitude the blame
Do not lay on the multitude the blame that is due to a few.
Crimes generally punish themselves.
Crimes generally punish themselves.
The torment of human frustration,
The torment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and 'mangled mind' leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.
Care should be taken that the punishment
Care should be taken that the punishment does not exceed the guilt; and also that some men do not suffer for offenses for which others are not even indicted.
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.
The punishment can be remitted; the
The punishment can be remitted; the crime is everlasting.
It is safer that a bad man should not be
It is safer that a bad man should not be accused, than that he should be acquitted.
