It isn't true that convicts live like
It isn't true that convicts live like animals: animals have more room to move around.
Laws do not persuade just because they
Laws do not persuade just because they threaten.
I don't like jail, they got the wrong
I don't like jail, they got the wrong kind of bars in there.
Nothing can be more abhorrent to
Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him in prison because he is unpopular. This is really the test of civilization.
I am an expert of electricity. My father
I am an expert of electricity. My father occupied the chair of applied electricity at the state prison.
Pardon is the virtue of victory.
Pardon is the virtue of victory.
Two men look out the same prison bars;
Two men look out the same prison bars; one sees mud and the other stars.
Self is the only prison that can bind
Self is the only prison that can bind the soul.
Wicked deeds are generally done, even
Wicked deeds are generally done, even with impunity, for the mere desire of occupation.
It was only when I lay there on the
It was only when I lay there on the rotting prison straw that I sensed within myself the first stirrings of good. Gradually it was disclosed to me that the line separating good and evil passes not between states nor between social classes nor between political parties, but right through every human heart, through all human hearts. And that is why I turn back to the years of my imprisonment and say, sometimes to the astonishment of those about me, bless you, prison, for having been a part of my life.
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.
Mere factual innocence is no reason not
Mere factual innocence is no reason not to carry out a death sentence properly reached.
No crime has been without a precedent.
No crime has been without a precedent.
The thoughts of a prisoner - they're not
The thoughts of a prisoner - they're not free either. They keep returning to the same things.
What is crime amongst the multitude, is
What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.
The worst prison is not of stone. It is
The worst prison is not of stone. It is of a throbbing heart, outraged by an infamous life.
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 severest justice may not always be
The severest justice may not always be the best policy.
It is better that ten guilty persons
It is better that ten guilty persons escape, than that one innocent suffer.
While we have prisons it matters little
While we have prisons it matters little which of us occupy the cells.
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.
Liberty is rendered even more precious
Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.
Everyone is a prisoner of his own
Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices - just recognize them.
Wherever any one is against his will,
Wherever any one is against his will, that is to him a prison.
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.
