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.
They're not supposed to show prison
They're not supposed to show prison films in prison. Especially ones that are about escaping.
Adversities such as being homeless and
Adversities such as being homeless and going to prison has made many people stronger.
What is crime amongst the multitude, is
What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.
The worst of prison life, he thought,
The worst of prison life, he thought, was not being able to close his door.
It is certain that the study of human
It is certain that the study of human psychology, if it were undertaken exclusively in prisons, would also lead to misrepresentation and absurd generalizations.
The mellow sweetness of pumpkin pie off
The mellow sweetness of pumpkin pie off a prison spoon is something you will never forget.
We are prisoners of ideas.
We are prisoners of ideas.
The most anxious man in a prison is the
The most anxious man in a prison is the governor.
Law is merely the expression of the will
Law is merely the expression of the will of the strongest for the time being, and therefore laws have no fixity, but shift from generation to generation.
Fast closed with double grills
Fast closed with double grills
And triple gates – the cell
To wicked souls is hell;
But to a mind that's innocent
'Tis only iron, wood and stone.
While we have prisons it matters little
While we have prisons it matters little which of us occupy the cells.
Justice is that virtue of the soul which
Justice is that virtue of the soul which is distributive according to desert.
There is no peace because the making of
There is no peace because the making of peace is at least as costly as the making of war - at least as exigent, at least as disruptive, at least as liable to bring disgrace and prison and death in its wake.
Crimes lead one into another; they who
Crimes lead one into another; they who are capable of being forgers are capable of being incendiaries.
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.
Two men look out the same prison bars;
Two men look out the same prison bars; one sees mud and the other stars.
I can work for the Lord in or out of
I can work for the Lord in or out of prison.
Clemency alone makes us equal to the
Clemency alone makes us equal to the gods.
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.
Do not lay on the multitude the blame
Do not lay on the multitude the blame that is due to a few.
I have been studying how I may compare
I have been studying how I may compare This prison where I live unto the world; And, for because the world is populous, And here is not a creature but myself, I cannot do it. Yet I'll hammer it out.
It is the spirit and not the form of law
It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
Some laws of state aimed at curbing
Some laws of state aimed at curbing crime are even more criminal.
Virtue pardons the wicked, as the
Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.
