I asked a man in prison once how he
I asked a man in prison once how he happened to be there and he said he had stolen a pair of shoes. I told him if he had stolen a railroad he would be a United States Senator.
No obligation to justice does force a
No obligation to justice does force a man to be cruel, or to use the sharpest sentence.
I sometimes wish that people would put a
I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement.
Wherever any one is against his will,
Wherever any one is against his will, that is to him a prison.
Justice renders to every one his due.
Justice renders to every one his due.
I submit that an individual who breaks a
I submit that an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for the law.
We judge ourselves by what we feel
We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.
The refined punishments of the spiritual
The refined punishments of the spiritual mode are usually much more indecent and dangerous than a good smack.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
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.
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.
No man survives when freedom fails. The
No man survives when freedom fails. The best men rot in filthy jails, and those who cry 'appease, appease' are hanged by those they tried to please.
Well, I don't think prisons are the
Well, I don't think prisons are the answer to everything, obviously.
America is the land of the second chance
America is the land of the second chance – and when the gates of the prison open, the path ahead should lead to a better life.
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.
I have never been contained except I
I have never been contained except I made the prison.
To my mind, to kill in war is not a whit
To my mind, to kill in war is not a whit better than to commit ordinary murder.
Society prepares the crime; the criminal
Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.
Hanging was the worst use a man could be
Hanging was the worst use a man could be put to.
Assassination is the extreme form of
Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.
I never saw a man who looked With such a
I never saw a man who looked With such a wistful eye Upon that little tent of blue Which prisoners call the sky.
Man is condemned to be free.
Man is condemned to be free.
If you share the crime of your friend,
If you share the crime of your friend, you make it your own.
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law.
Prison makes you a better judge of
Prison makes you a better judge of character. You pick up on people much faster.
