Men are not prisoners of fate, but only
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
We shall fight against them, throw them
We shall fight against them, throw them in prisons and destroy them.
The most anxious man in a prison is the
The most anxious man in a prison is the governor.
I am certain that nothing has done so
I am certain that nothing has done so much to destroy the juridical safeguards of individual freedom as the striving after this mirage of social justice.
It becomes not a law-maker to be a
It becomes not a law-maker to be a law-breaker.
In prisons, those things withheld from
In prisons, those things withheld from and denied to the prisoner become precisely what he wants most of all.
Crimes lead one into another; they who
Crimes lead one into another; they who are capable of being forgers are capable of being incendiaries.
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.
By noiselessly going to a prison a
By noiselessly going to a prison a civil-resister ensures a calm atmosphere.
It is the spirit and not the form of law
It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
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.
If punishment reaches not the mind and
If punishment reaches not the mind and makes not the will supple, it hardens the offender.
I know how men in exile feed on dreams
I know how men in exile feed on dreams of hope.
If you want total security, go to
If you want total security, go to prison. There you’re fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking…is freedom.
We are prisoners of ideas.
We are prisoners of ideas.
I don't like jail, they got the wrong
I don't like jail, they got the wrong kind of bars in there.
Law is merely the expression of the will
Law is merely the expression of the will of the strongest for the time being, and therefore laws have no fixity, but shift from generation to generation.
Liberty is rendered even more precious
Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.
Nor stony tower, nor walls of beaten
Nor stony tower, nor walls of beaten brass, Nor airless dungeon, nor strong links of iron, Can be retentive to the strength of spirit; But life, being weary of these worldly bars, Never lacks power to dismiss itself.
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.
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.
Adversities such as being homeless and
Adversities such as being homeless and going to prison has made many people stronger.
It isn't true that convicts live like
It isn't true that convicts live like animals: animals have more room to move around.
If you share the crime of your friend,
If you share the crime of your friend, you make it your own.
Wherever any one is against his will,
Wherever any one is against his will, that is to him a prison.
