I have paid no poll-tax for six years. I
I have paid no poll-tax for six years. I was put into a jail once on this account, for one night; and, as I stood considering the walls of solid stone, I could not help being struck with the foolishness of that institution which treated me as if I were mere flesh and blood and bones, to be locked up...I saw that, if there was a wall of stone between me and my townsmen, there was a still more difficult one to climb or break through, before they could get to be as free as I was. I did not for a moment feel confined, and the walls seemed a great waste of stone and mortar.
Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners
Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts.
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!
Here the great art lies, to discern in
Here the great art lies, to discern in what the law is to be to restraint and punishment, and in what things persuasion only is to work.
Virtue pardons the wicked, as the
Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.
Wicked deeds are generally done, even
Wicked deeds are generally done, even with impunity, for the mere desire of occupation.
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
One crime is everything; two nothing.
One crime is everything; two nothing.
I can work for the Lord in or out of
I can work for the Lord in or out of prison.
What is crime amongst the multitude, is
What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.
Distrust all in whom the impulse to
Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.
He who does not prevent a crime when he
He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.
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.
One should respect public opinion
One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny.
It becomes not a law-maker to be a
It becomes not a law-maker to be a law-breaker.
The contagion of crime is like that of
The contagion of crime is like that of the plague. Criminals collected together corrupt each other; they are worse than ever when at the termination of their punishment they re-enter society.
Shyness is the prison of the heart.
Shyness is the prison of the heart.
We shall not yield to violence. We shall
We shall not yield to violence. We shall not be deprived of union freedoms. We shall never agree with sending people to prison for their convictions.
In the halls of justice, the only
In the halls of justice, the only justice is in the halls.
I know not whether laws be right, or
I know not whether laws be right, or whether laws be wrong; All that we know who lie in gaol is that the wall is strong; And that each day is like a year, a year whose days are long.
He had drawn many a thousand of these
He had drawn many a thousand of these rations in prisons and camps, and though he'd never had an opportunity to weight them on scales, and although, being a man of timid nature, he knew no way of standing up for his rights, he, like every other prisoner, had discovered long ago that honest weight was never to be found in the bread-cutting. There was short weight in every ration. The only point was how short. So every day you took a look to soothe your soul - today, maybe, they haven't snitched any.
Self is the only prison that can bind
Self is the only prison that can bind the soul.
While crime is punished it yet
While crime is punished it yet increases.
You stuff somebody into the American
You stuff somebody into the American dream, and it becomes a prison.
Adversities such as being homeless and
Adversities such as being homeless and going to prison has made many people stronger.
