There is no greater punishment of
There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
Two men look out the same prison bars;
Two men look out the same prison bars; one sees mud and the other stars.
Man is condemned to be free.
Man is condemned to be free.
In my country we go to prison first and
In my country we go to prison first and then become President.
When is conduct a crime, and when is a
When is conduct a crime, and when is a crime not a crime? When Somebody Up There -- a monarch, a dictator, a Pope, a legislator -- so decrees.
It becomes not a law-maker to be a
It becomes not a law-maker to be a law-breaker.
Clemency alone makes us equal to the
Clemency alone makes us equal to the gods.
You utter a vow, or forge a signature,
You utter a vow, or forge a signature, and you may find yourself bound for life to a monastery, a woman, or prison.
The severest justice may not always be
The severest justice may not always be the best policy.
Kill a man, and you are an assassin.
Kill a man, and you are an assassin. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill everyone, and you are a God.
Forgiveness, that noblest of all
Forgiveness, that noblest of all self-denial, is a virtue which he alone who can practise in himself can willingly believe in another.
There are only two places in the world
There are only two places in the world where time takes precedence over the job to be done. School and prison.
If it's near dinner-time, the foreman
If it's near dinner-time, the foreman takes out his watch when the jury has retired, and says: "Dear me, gentlemen, ten minutes to five, I declare! I dine at five, gentlemen." "So do I," says everybody else, except two men who ought to have dined at three and seem more than half disposed to stand out in consequence. The foreman smiles, and puts up his watch:--"Well, gentlemen, what do we say, plaintiff or defendant, gentlemen?
Prisons don't rehabilitate, they don't
Prisons don't rehabilitate, they don't punish, they don't protect, so what the hell do they do?
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.
Liberty is rendered even more precious
Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.
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.
I can work for the Lord in or out of
I can work for the Lord in or out of prison.
Self is the only prison that can bind
Self is the only prison that can bind the soul.
Money will determine whether the accused
Money will determine whether the accused goes to prison or walks out of the courtroom a free man.
I am an expert of electricity. My father
I am an expert of electricity. My father occupied the chair of applied electricity at the state prison.
Crime succeeds by sudden despatch;
Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
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.
The guilt of enforced crimes lies on
The guilt of enforced crimes lies on those who impose them.
