Nor cell, nor chain, nor dungeon speaks
Nor cell, nor chain, nor dungeon speaks to the murderer like the voice of solitude.
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can thus flatter himself.
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%.
We don't seem to be able to check crime,
We don't seem to be able to check crime, so why not legalize it and then tax it out of business.
I know how men in exile feed on dreams
I know how men in exile feed on dreams of hope.
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.
One of the many lessons that one learns
One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what they are and will be what they will be.
Justice is justice though it's always
Justice is justice though it's always delayed and finally done only by mistake.
There's no greater threat to our
There's no greater threat to our independence, to our cherished freedoms and personal liberties than the continual, relentless injection of these insidious poisons into our system. We must decide whether we cherish independence from drugs, without which there is no freedom.
The most anxious man in a prison is the
The most anxious man in a prison is the governor.
In prison, you get the chance to see who
In prison, you get the chance to see who really loves you.
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.
Hard cases, it is said, make bad law.
Hard cases, it is said, make bad law.
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.
Definition, rationality, and structure
Definition, rationality, and structure are ways of seeing, but they become prisons when they blank out other ways of seeing.
When the Nazis came for the communists,
When the Nazis came for the communists, I remained silent; I was not a communist. When they locked up the social democrats, I remained silent; I was not a social democrat. When they came for the trade unionists, I did not speak out; I was not a trade unionist. When they came for me, there was no one left to speak out.
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.
In prisons, those things withheld from
In prisons, those things withheld from and denied to the prisoner become precisely what he wants most of all.
When it comes to freedom, we are but
When it comes to freedom, we are but prisoners of our own desires.
I was in prison, and you came unto me.
I was in prison, and you came unto me. Verily I say unto you, inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
~(Jesus Christ) Matthew 25:36, 40
Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners
Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts.
Care should be taken that the punishment
Care should be taken that the punishment does not exceed the guilt; and also that some men do not suffer for offenses for which others are not even indicted.
It is the spirit and not the form of law
It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
We're in a war. People who blast some
We're in a war. People who blast some pot on a casual basis are guilty of treason.
Laws do not persuade just because they
Laws do not persuade just because they threaten.
