The difference between tax avoidance and
The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison walls.
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.
It isn't true that convicts live like
It isn't true that convicts live like animals: animals have more room to move around.
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.
No matter how you seem to fatten on a
No matter how you seem to fatten on a crime, that can never be good for the bee which is bad for the hive.
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.
The most anxious man in a prison is the
The most anxious man in a prison is the governor.
I have never been contained except I
I have never been contained except I made the prison.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
No written law has been more binding
No written law has been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion.
What restrains us from killing is partly
What restrains us from killing is partly fear of punishment, partly moral scruple, and partly what may be described as a sense of humor.
As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more
As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more freely.
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.
Definition, rationality, and structure
Definition, rationality, and structure are ways of seeing, but they become prisons when they blank out other ways of seeing.
The guilt of enforced crimes lies on
The guilt of enforced crimes lies on those who impose them.
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.
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can thus flatter himself.
Society has used the juvenile courts to
Society has used the juvenile courts to create a caste system where there are throw-away people.
To seek the redress of grievances by
To seek the redress of grievances by going to law, is like sheep running for shelter to a bramble bush.
The solution to our drug problem is not
The solution to our drug problem is not in incarceration.
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.
There is no greater punishment of
There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
If you share the crime of your friend,
If you share the crime of your friend, you make it your own.
No man should be judge in his own case.
No man should be judge in his own case.
When is conduct a crime, and when is a
When is conduct a crime, and when is a crime not a crime? When Somebody Up There -- a monarch, a dictator, a Pope, a legislator -- so decrees.
