Those magistrates who can prevent crime,
Those magistrates who can prevent crime, and do not, in effect encourage it.
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.
Liberty is rendered even more precious
Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.
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.
Virtue pardons the wicked, as the
Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.
Crime is a logical extension of the sort
Crime is a logical extension of the sort of behavior that often [is] considered perfectly respectable in legitimate business.
I wrote a million words in the first
I wrote a million words in the first year, and I could never have done that outside of prison.
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.
Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners
Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts.
On average, drug prisoners spend more
On average, drug prisoners spend more time in federal prison than rapists, who often get out on early release because of the overcrowding in prison caused by the Drug War.
I have been studying how I may compare
I have been studying how I may compare this prison where I live unto the world; Shut up in the prison of their own consciences.
The public have more interest in the
The public have more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
While crime is punished it yet
While crime is punished it yet increases.
Society has used the juvenile courts to
Society has used the juvenile courts to create a caste system where there are throw-away people.
Everyone is a prisoner of his own
Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices - just recognize them.
Fear can be like a prison. It is,
Fear can be like a prison. It is, however, a self made prison. Many are imprisoned by fear. No one else can liberate them from this prison. Others may inspire them but they must liberate themselves.
Definition, rationality, and structure
Definition, rationality, and structure are ways of seeing, but they become prisons when they blank out other ways of seeing.
It is more dangerous that even a guilty
It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms of law than that he should escape.
Clemency alone makes us equal to the
Clemency alone makes us equal to the gods.
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.
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.
I don't like being famous - it is like a
I don't like being famous - it is like a prison. And driving for Ferrari would make it far worse.
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
A pedestal is as much a prison as any
A pedestal is as much a prison as any small, confined space.
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.
