There are only two places in the world
There are only two places in the world where time takes precedence over the job to be done. School and prison.
The virtue of justice consists in
The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.
If you want total security, go to
If you want total security, go to prison. There you’re fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking…is freedom.
I don't like being famous - it is like a
I don't like being famous - it is like a prison. And driving for Ferrari would make it far worse.
Nothing can be more abhorrent to
Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him in prison because he is unpopular. This is really the test of civilization.
No matter how you seem to fatten on a
No matter how you seem to fatten on a crime, that can never be good for the bee which is bad for the hive.
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.
They were being driven to a prison,
They were being driven to a prison, through no fault of their own, in all probability for life. In comparison, how much easier it would be to walk to the gallows than to this tomb of living horrors!
It is certain that the study of human
It is certain that the study of human psychology, if it were undertaken exclusively in prisons, would also lead to misrepresentation and absurd generalizations.
No man should be judge in his own case.
No man should be judge in his own case.
It was only when I lay there on the
It was only when I lay there on the rotting prison straw that I sensed within myself the first stirrings of good. Gradually it was disclosed to me that the line separating good and evil passes not between states nor between social classes nor between political parties, but right through every human heart, through all human hearts. And that is why I turn back to the years of my imprisonment and say, sometimes to the astonishment of those about me, bless you, prison, for having been a part of my life.
If two people fight on the street, whose
If two people fight on the street, whose fault is it? Who is the criminal? It is the government’s responsibility because the government has not educated the people to not make mistakes. The people have inadequate, incompetent education, so they make mistakes! It is such a fraud.
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.
Mere factual innocence is no reason not
Mere factual innocence is no reason not to carry out a death sentence properly reached.
It is hard, but it is excellent, to find
It is hard, but it is excellent, to find the right knowledge of when correction is necessary and when grace doth most avail.
What is crime amongst the multitude, is
What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.
Justice is justice though it's always
Justice is justice though it's always delayed and finally done only by mistake.
Man is born free, and everywhere he is
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
Laws do not persuade just because they
Laws do not persuade just because they threaten.
Justice is that virtue of the soul which
Justice is that virtue of the soul which is distributive according to desert.
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenseless!
The solution to our drug problem is not
The solution to our drug problem is not in incarceration.
The world itself is but a large prison,
The world itself is but a large prison, out of which some are daily led to execution.
It is the spirit and not the form of law
It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
He who profits by a crime commits it.
He who profits by a crime commits it.
