Wicked deeds are generally done, even
Wicked deeds are generally done, even with impunity, for the mere desire of occupation.
Once we are destined to live out our
Once we are destined to live out our lives in the prison of our mind, our duty is to furnish it well.
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.
I asked a man in prison once how he
I asked a man in prison once how he happened to be there and he said he had stolen a pair of shoes. I told him if he had stolen a railroad he would be a United States Senator.
It is impossible to go through life
It is impossible to go through life without trust: That is to be imprisoned in the worst cell of all, oneself.
The public have more interest in the
The public have more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
In prison, you get the chance to see who
In prison, you get the chance to see who really loves you.
The world itself is but a large prison,
The world itself is but a large prison, out of which some are daily led to execution.
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.
Punishment, that is the justice for the
Punishment, that is the justice for the unjust.
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.
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!
A pedestal is as much a prison as any
A pedestal is as much a prison as any small, confined space.
A just chastisement may benefit a man,
A just chastisement may benefit a man, though it seldom does; but an unjust one changes all his blood to gall.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
No crime has been without a precedent.
No crime has been without a precedent.
As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more
As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more freely.
Whatever you think of de Sade, he was a
Whatever you think of de Sade, he was a complex figure and we should not look for easy answers with him. He was, strangely perhaps, against the death penalty, and he was never put in prison for murders or anything like that.
One man meets an infamous punishment for
One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem upon another.
To trial bring her stolen charms, and
To trial bring her stolen charms, and let her prison be my arms.
I know how men in exile feed on dreams
I know how men in exile feed on dreams of hope.
The solution to our drug problem is not
The solution to our drug problem is not in incarceration.
We have initiated programs for re-entry
We have initiated programs for re-entry offenders, since some 500,000 to 600,000 offenders will come out of prison each year for the next three or four years. We want to have positive alternatives when they come back to the community.
There is no greater punishment of
There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
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.
