When it comes to freedom, we are but
When it comes to freedom, we are but prisoners of our own desires.
By noiselessly going to a prison a
By noiselessly going to a prison a civil-resister ensures a calm atmosphere.
I don't like jail, they got the wrong
I don't like jail, they got the wrong kind of bars in there.
No man survives when freedom fails. The
No man survives when freedom fails. The best men rot in filthy jails, and those who cry 'appease, appease' are hanged by those they tried to please.
The uneven impact of actual enforcement
The uneven impact of actual enforcement measures tends to mirror and reinforce more general patterns of discrimination (along socioeconomic, racial and ethnic, sexual, and perhaps generational lines) within the society. As a consequence, such enforcement (ineffective as it may be in producing conformity) almost certainly reinforces feelings of alienation already prevalent within major segments of the population.
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.
It is impossible to go through life
It is impossible to go through life without trust: That is to be imprisoned in the worst cell of all, oneself.
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.
The punishment can be remitted; the
The punishment can be remitted; the crime is everlasting.
Organized crime in America takes in over
Organized crime in America takes in over forty billion dollars a year. This is quite a profitable sum, especially when one considers that the Mafia spends very little for office supplies.
The English laws punish vice; the
The English laws punish vice; the Chinese laws do more, they reward virtue.
Hanging was the worst use a man could be
Hanging was the worst use a man could be put to.
To seek the redress of grievances by
To seek the redress of grievances by going to law, is like sheep running for shelter to a bramble bush.
They're not supposed to show prison
They're not supposed to show prison films in prison. Especially ones that are about escaping.
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!
No man should be judge in his own case.
No man should be judge in his own case.
How dreadful it is when the right judge
How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong.
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 public have more interest in the
The public have more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
The virtue of justice consists in
The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.
No obligation to justice does force a
No obligation to justice does force a man to be cruel, or to use the sharpest sentence.
Everyone is a prisoner of his own
Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices - just recognize them.
Two men look out the same prison bars;
Two men look out the same prison bars; one sees mud and the other stars.
Vices are not crimes.
Vices are not crimes.
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law.