I can work for the Lord in or out of prison.
We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.
A sick person is a prisoner.
The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.
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.
While we have prisons it matters little which of us occupy the cells.
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
In my country we go to prison first and then become President.
Pardon is the virtue of victory.
When I was in prison, I was wrapped up in all those deep books. That Tolstoy crap - people shouldn't read that stuff.
The only difference between me and my fellow actors is that I've spent more time in jail.
When is conduct a crime, and when is a crime not a crime? When Somebody Up There -- a monarch, a dictator, a Pope, a legislator -- so decrees.
Fast closed with double grills And triple gates–the cell To wicked souls is hell; But to a mind that's innocent 'Tis only iron, wood and stone.
Vices are not crimes.
Reality becomes a prison to those who can’t get out of it.
Hanging was the worst use a man could be put to.
The punishment can be remitted; the crime is everlasting.
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.
Laws do not persuade just because they threaten.
Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.
Mere factual innocence is no reason not to carry out a death sentence properly reached.
There is a point at which even justice does injury.
The thoughts of a prisoner - they're not free either. They keep returning to the same things.
It is hard, but it is excellent, to find the right knowledge of when correction is necessary and when grace doth most avail.
There are only two places in the world where time takes precedence over the job to be done. School and prison.
