Quotes

The perfection of a thing consists in its essence; there are perfect criminals, as there are men of perfect probity.

We shall not yield to violence. We shall not be deprived of union freedoms. We shall never agree with sending people to prison for their convictions.

Nor cell, nor chain, nor dungeon speaks to the murderer like the voice of solitude.

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 isn't true that convicts live like animals: animals have more room to move around.

When I was in prison, I was wrapped up in all those deep books. That Tolstoy crap - people shouldn't read that stuff.

I know how men in exile feed on dreams of hope.

When I was in prison, I was wrapped up in all those deep books. That Tolstoy crap - people shouldn't read that stuff.

Hard cases, it is said, make bad law.

Probably the only place where a man can feel really secure is in a maximum security prison, except for the imminent threat of release.

Wherever any one is against his will, that is to him a prison.

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

Man is condemned to be free.

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.

The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.

Fear can be like a prison. It is, however, a self made prison. Many are imprisoned by fear. No one else can liberate them from this prison. Others may inspire them but they must liberate themselves.

The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison walls.

It is hard, but it is excellent, to find the right knowledge of when correction is necessary and when grace doth most avail.

Prison makes you a better judge of character. You pick up on people much faster.

What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.

The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.

Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.

Kill a man, and you are an assassin. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill everyone, and you are a God.

Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.

We shall fight against them, throw them in prisons and destroy them.