A Sunday school is a prison in which
A Sunday school is a prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their parents.
The solution to our drug problem is not
The solution to our drug problem is not in incarceration.
Crimes generally punish themselves.
Crimes generally punish themselves.
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.
It becomes not a law-maker to be a
It becomes not a law-maker to be a law-breaker.
Distrust all in whom the impulse to
Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.
I existed in a world that never is - the
I existed in a world that never is - the prison of the mind.
Society has used the juvenile courts to
Society has used the juvenile courts to create a caste system where there are throw-away people.
I know how men in exile feed on dreams
I know how men in exile feed on dreams of hope.
Society prepares the crime; the criminal
Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.
When I was in prison, I was wrapped up
When I was in prison, I was wrapped up in all those deep books. That Tolstoy crap - people shouldn't read that stuff.
Let us remember that justice must be
Let us remember that justice must be observed even to the lowest.
So justice while she winks at crimes,
So justice while she winks at crimes, Stumbles on innocence sometimes.
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.
A country is in a bad state, which is
A country is in a bad state, which is governed only by laws; because a thousand things occur for which laws cannot provide, and where authority ought to interpose.
Federal prison, if you get any of it,
Federal prison, if you get any of it, you're going to have to do 85% of it. And the reason why I called it that is because I had a friend who got sent to the federal joint and his whole... it wasn't about him being in jail. He cried about the 85%.
In prison, you get the chance to see who
In prison, you get the chance to see who really loves you.
Every instance of a man's suffering the
Every instance of a man's suffering the penalty of the law is an instance of the failure of that penalty in effecting its purpose, which is to deter.
Faults of the head are punished in this
Faults of the head are punished in this world, those of the heart in another; but as most of our vices are compound, so also is their punishment.
The only real prison is fear, and the
The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear.
Probably the only place where a man can
Probably the only place where a man can feel really secure is in a maximum security prison, except for the imminent threat of release.
Trial by jury itself, instead of being a
Trial by jury itself, instead of being a security to persons who are accused, shall be a delusion, a mockery, and a snare.
While crime is punished it yet
While crime is punished it yet increases.
Body is a home, a prison and a grave.
Body is a home, a prison and a grave.
Intellectual despair results in neither
Intellectual despair results in neither weakness nor dreams, but in violence. It is only a matter of knowing how to give vent to one's rage; whether one only wants to wander like madmen around prisons, or whether one wants to overturn them.
