You stuff somebody into the American
You stuff somebody into the American dream, and it becomes a prison.
One crime is everything; two nothing.
One crime is everything; two nothing.
I just remember that disturbing feeling
I just remember that disturbing feeling of walking into that prison, the complete loss of privacy, the complete loss of stimulation, dignity.
He was a first-time nonviolent possible
He was a first-time nonviolent possible offender, ... And under the mandatory minimums, he was put in prison for 15 years. Not only does the punishment not fit the crime, but the mandatory minimums don't give judges any discretion to look at the background of the case, to read into the specifics of the case. I don't know a judge who really is in favor of the mandatory minimums.
No obligation to justice does force a
No obligation to justice does force a man to be cruel, or to use the sharpest sentence.
To trial bring her stolen charms, and
To trial bring her stolen charms, and let her prison be my arms.
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.
Hanging was the worst use a man could be
Hanging was the worst use a man could be put to.
The world is a prison in which solitary
The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable.
One crime has to be concealed by
One crime has to be concealed by another.
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.
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.
While we have prisons it matters little
While we have prisons it matters little which of us occupy the cells.
I know how men in exile feed on dreams
I know how men in exile feed on dreams of hope.
If you share the crime of your friend,
If you share the crime of your friend, you make it your own.
To try to raise a son from inside the
To try to raise a son from inside the prison walls is a very difficult thing. But I want to say to the world my son at 16 was the one who tried the most to get me out of prison.
~Jim Bakker
It becomes not a law-maker to be a
It becomes not a law-maker to be a law-breaker.
The idea that the sole aim of punishment
The idea that the sole aim of punishment is to prevent crime is obviously grounded upon the theory that crime can be prevented, which is almost as dubious as the notion that poverty can be prevented.
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.
The worst of prison life, he thought,
The worst of prison life, he thought, was not being able to close his door.
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!
Since 1957, black people have
Since 1957, black people have experienced double-digit unemployment - in good times and bad times. Look at the population of African Americans in prison. They represent more than half the population of prisoners in the country, 55 percent of those on death row.
Forgiveness, that noblest of all
Forgiveness, that noblest of all self-denial, is a virtue which he alone who can practise in himself can willingly believe in another.
Reality becomes a prison to those who
Reality becomes a prison to those who can’t get out of it.
We are prisoners of ideas.
We are prisoners of ideas.
