Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of
Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of prison stronger.
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.
Prison makes you a better judge of
Prison makes you a better judge of character. You pick up on people much faster.
Man is born free, and everywhere he is
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
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.
Adversities such as being homeless and
Adversities such as being homeless and going to prison has made many people stronger.
Experts and the educated elite have
Experts and the educated elite have replaced what worked with what sounded good. Society was far more civilized before they took over our schools, prisons, welfare programs, police departments and courts. It's high time we ran these people out of our lives and went back to common sense.
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.
The penalty for laughing in a courtroom
The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail; if it were not for this penalty, the jury would never hear the evidence.
I don't like jail, they got the wrong
I don't like jail, they got the wrong kind of bars in there.
Nor cell, nor chain, nor dungeon speaks
Nor cell, nor chain, nor dungeon speaks to the murderer like the voice of solitude.
As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more
As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more freely.
He who does not prevent a crime when he
He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.
The law does not pretend to punish
The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.
The only real prison is fear, and the
The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear.
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.
And while God had work for Paul, he
And while God had work for Paul, he found him friends both in court and prison. Let persecutors send saints to prison, God can provide a keeper for their turn.
In my country we go to prison first and
In my country we go to prison first and then become President.
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.
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.
The only effect of public punishment is
The only effect of public punishment is to show the rabble how bravely it can be borne; and that every one who hath lost a toe-nail hath suffered worse.
A sick person is a prisoner.
A sick person is a prisoner.
It isn't true that convicts live like
It isn't true that convicts live like animals: animals have more room to move around.
Any punishment that does not correct,
Any punishment that does not correct, that can merely rouse rebellion in whoever has to endure it, is a piece of gratuitous infamy which makes those who impose it more guilty in the eyes of humanity, good sense and reason, nay a hundred times more guilty than the victim on whom the punishment is inflicted.
The severest justice may not always be
The severest justice may not always be the best policy.
