Pardon is the virtue of victory.
Pardon is the virtue of victory.
Body is a home, a prison and a grave.
Body is a home, a prison and a grave.
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
Mere factual innocence is no reason not
Mere factual innocence is no reason not to carry out a death sentence properly reached.
The public have more interest in the
The public have more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
He who profits by a crime commits it.
He who profits by a crime commits it.
The common argument that crime is caused
The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor.
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!
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.
If we look at Houston, which is a very
If we look at Houston, which is a very environmentally toxic place, we find that it has one of the highest levels of young men going to prison and also among the highest levels of illiteracy in the country.
Liberty is rendered even more precious
Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.
They're not supposed to show prison
They're not supposed to show prison films in prison. Especially ones that are about escaping.
The mellow sweetness of pumpkin pie off
The mellow sweetness of pumpkin pie off a prison spoon is something you will never forget.
If you share the crime of your friend,
If you share the crime of your friend, you make it your own.
Prosecution I have managed to avoid; but
Prosecution I have managed to avoid; but I have been arrested, charged in a police court, have refused to be bound over, and thereupon have been unconditionally released - to my great regret; for I have always wanted to know what going to prison was like.
There are few better measures of the
There are few better measures of the concern a society has for its individual members and its own well being than the way it handles criminals.
In my country we go to prison first and
In my country we go to prison first and then become President.
Punishment, that is the justice for the
Punishment, that is the justice for the unjust.
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 never told a victim story about my
I never told a victim story about my imprisonment. Instead, I told a transformation story - about how prison changed my outlook, about how I saw that communication, truth, and trust are at the heart of power.
Nor cell, nor chain, nor dungeon speaks
Nor cell, nor chain, nor dungeon speaks to the murderer like the voice of solitude.
We who live in prison, and in whose
We who live in prison, and in whose lives there is no event but sorrow, have to measure time by throbs of pain, and the record of bitter moments.
By noiselessly going to a prison a
By noiselessly going to a prison a civil-resister ensures a calm atmosphere.
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.
In a civilized society, all crimes are
In a civilized society, all crimes are likely to be sins, but most sins are not and ought not to be treated as crimes.
