Reality becomes a prison to those who
Reality becomes a prison to those who can’t get out of it.
Here the great art lies, to discern in
Here the great art lies, to discern in what the law is to be to restraint and punishment, and in what things persuasion only is to work.
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.
I have never been contained except I
I have never been contained except I made the prison.
One man meets an infamous punishment for
One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem upon another.
Once we are destined to live out our
Once we are destined to live out our lives in the prison of our mind, our duty is to furnish it well.
The world is a prison in which solitary
The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable.
On a planet that increasingly resembles
On a planet that increasingly resembles one huge Maximum Security prison, the only intelligent choice is to plan a jail break.
I can work for the Lord in or out of
I can work for the Lord in or out of prison.
A sick person is a prisoner.
A sick person is a prisoner.
Clemency alone makes us equal to the
Clemency alone makes us equal to the gods.
The mellow sweetness of pumpkin pie off
The mellow sweetness of pumpkin pie off a prison spoon is something you will never forget.
Civilization is maintained by a very few
Civilization is maintained by a very few people in a small number of places and we need only some bombs and a few prisons to blot it out altogether.
The worst of prison life, he thought,
The worst of prison life, he thought, was not being able to close his door.
You stuff somebody into the American
You stuff somebody into the American dream, and it becomes a prison.
Distrust all in whom the impulse to
Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.
He who profits by a crime commits it.
He who profits by a crime commits it.
We have our own system, ... and
We have our own system, ... and journalists in our system are not put in prison for embarrassing the government by revealing things the government might not wish to have revealed. The important thing is that our system, under which journalists can write without fear or favor, should continue.
The most anxious man in a prison is the
The most anxious man in a prison is the governor.
There is a point at which even justice
There is a point at which even justice does injury.
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
It is the deed that teaches, not the
It is the deed that teaches, not the name we give it. Murder and capital punishment are not opposites that cancel one another, but similars that breed their own kind.
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.
Concepts of justice must have hands and
Concepts of justice must have hands and feet to carry out justice in every case in the shortest possible time and the lowest possible cost. That is the challenge to every lawyer and judge in America.
We don't seem to be able to check crime,
We don't seem to be able to check crime, so why not legalize it and then tax it out of business.
