I know how men in exile feed on dreams
I know how men in exile feed on dreams of hope.
I can work for the Lord in or out of
I can work for the Lord in or out of prison.
It is the spirit and not the form of law
It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
Two men look out the same prison bars;
Two men look out the same prison bars; one sees mud and the other stars.
It is the deed that teaches, not the
It is the deed that teaches, not the name we give it. Murder and capital punishment are not opposites that cancel one another, but similars that breed their own kind.
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law.
Vices are not crimes.
Vices are not crimes.
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!
It is not at the table, but in prison,
It is not at the table, but in prison, that you learn who your true friends are.
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.
Whatever is worthy to be loved for
Whatever is worthy to be loved for anything is worthy of preservation. A wise and dispassionate legislator, if any such should ever arise among men, will not condemn to death him who has done or is likely to do more service than injury to society. Blocks and gibbets are the nearest objects with legislators, and their business is never with hopes or with virtues.
Oh who is that young sinner with the
Oh who is that young sinner with the handcuffs on his wrist? And what has he been after that they groan and shake their fists? And wherefore is he wearing such a conscience-stricken air? Oh they're taking him to prison for the colour of his hair.
Federal prison, if you get any of it,
Federal prison, if you get any of it, you're going to have to do 85% of it. And the reason why I called it that is because I had a friend who got sent to the federal joint and his whole... it wasn't about him being in jail. He cried about the 85%.
I have never been contained except I
I have never been contained except I made the prison.
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.
The severest justice may not always be
The severest justice may not always be the best policy.
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can thus flatter himself.
I never told a victim story about my
I never told a victim story about my imprisonment. Instead, I told a transformation story - about how prison changed my outlook, about how I saw that communication, truth, and trust are at the heart of power.
A country is in a bad state, which is
A country is in a bad state, which is governed only by laws; because a thousand things occur for which laws cannot provide, and where authority ought to interpose.
A Sunday school is a prison in which
A Sunday school is a prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their parents.
Well, I don't think prisons are the
Well, I don't think prisons are the answer to everything, obviously.
The reformative effect of punishment is
The reformative effect of punishment is a belief that dies hard, chiefly I think, because it is so satisfying to our sadistic impulses.
The virtue of justice consists in
The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.
Nothing can be more abhorrent to
Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him in prison because he is unpopular. This is really the test of civilization.
The difference between tax avoidance and
The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison walls.
