I wrote a million words in the first
I wrote a million words in the first year, and I could never have done that outside of prison.
The punishment can be remitted; the
The punishment can be remitted; the crime is everlasting.
Most people fancy themselves innocent of
History is full of people who went to
History is full of people who went to prison or were burned at the stake for proclaiming their ideas. Society has always defended itself.
Shyness is the prison of the heart.
Shyness is the prison of the heart.
I know not whether laws be right, or
I know not whether laws be right, or whether laws be wrong; All that we know who lie in gaol is that the wall is strong; And that each day is like a year, a year whose days are long.
The most anxious man in a prison is the
The most anxious man in a prison is the governor.
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.
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.
I can tell you this on a stack of
I can tell you this on a stack of Bibles: prisons are archaic, brutal, unregenerative, overcrowded hell holes where the inmates are treated like animals with absolutely not one humane thought given to what they are going to do once they are released. You're an animal in a cage and you're treated like one.
Crimes lead one into another; they who
Crimes lead one into another; they who are capable of being forgers are capable of being incendiaries.
No obligation to justice does force a
No obligation to justice does force a man to be cruel, or to use the sharpest sentence.
There is no peace because the making of
There is no peace because the making of peace is at least as costly as the making of war - at least as exigent, at least as disruptive, at least as liable to bring disgrace and prison and death in its wake.
So justice while she winks at crimes,
So justice while she winks at crimes, Stumbles on innocence sometimes.
Money will determine whether the accused
Money will determine whether the accused goes to prison or walks out of the courtroom a free man.
Let us remember that justice must be
Let us remember that justice must be observed even to the lowest.
While crime is punished it yet
While crime is punished it yet increases.
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.
To trial bring her stolen charms, and
To trial bring her stolen charms, and let her prison be my arms.
We shall not yield to violence. We shall
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.
A pedestal is as much a prison as any
A pedestal is as much a prison as any small, confined space.
Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of
Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of prison stronger.
Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners
Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts.
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.
No written law has been more binding
No written law has been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion.
