No written law has been more binding
No written law has been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion.
Probably the only place where a man can
Probably the only place where a man can feel really secure is in a maximum security prison, except for the imminent threat of release.
One man meets an infamous punishment for
One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem upon another.
On a planet that increasingly resembles
On a planet that increasingly resembles one huge Maximum Security prison, the only intelligent choice is to plan a jail break.
I sometimes wish that people would put a
I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement.
I just remember that disturbing feeling
I just remember that disturbing feeling of walking into that prison, the complete loss of privacy, the complete loss of stimulation, dignity.
The difference between tax avoidance and
The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison walls.
The guilt of enforced crimes lies on
The guilt of enforced crimes lies on those who impose them.
You stuff somebody into the American
You stuff somebody into the American dream, and it becomes a prison.
Clemency alone makes us equal to the
Clemency alone makes us equal to the gods.
A sick person is a prisoner.
A sick person is a prisoner.
The only difference between me and my
The only difference between me and my fellow actors is that I've spent more time in jail.
If we were brought to trial for the
If we were brought to trial for the crimes we have committed against ourselves, few would escape the gallows.
Some laws of state aimed at curbing
Some laws of state aimed at curbing crime are even more criminal.
No man should be judge in his own case.
No man should be judge in his own case.
Body is a home, a prison and a grave.
Body is a home, a prison and a grave.
I don't like jail, they got the wrong
I don't like jail, they got the wrong kind of bars in there.
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.
No crime has been without a precedent.
No crime has been without a precedent.
When I was in prison, I was wrapped up
When I was in prison, I was wrapped up in all those deep books. That Tolstoy crap - people shouldn't read that stuff.
To try to raise a son from inside the
To try to raise a son from inside the prison walls is a very difficult thing. But I want to say to the world my son at 16 was the one who tried the most to get me out of prison.
~Jim Bakker
Hanging was the worst use a man could be
Hanging was the worst use a man could be put to.
Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of
Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of prison stronger.
Every crime has, in the moment of its
Every crime has, in the moment of its perpetration, Its own avenging angel--dark misgiving, An ominous sinking at the inmost heart.
Overlook our deeds, since you know that
Overlook our deeds, since you know that crime was absent from our inclination.
