We are prisoners of ideas.
We are prisoners of ideas.
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.
Laws do not persuade just because they
Laws do not persuade just because they threaten.
So justice while she winks at crimes,
So justice while she winks at crimes, Stumbles on innocence sometimes.
I have never been contained except I
I have never been contained except I made the prison.
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.
It is not at the table, but in prison,
It is not at the table, but in prison, that you learn who your true friends are.
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.
In jail a man has no personality. He is
In jail a man has no personality. He is a minor disposal problem and a few entries on reports. Nobody cares who loves or hates him, what he looks like, what he did with his life. Nobody reacts to him unless he gives trouble. Nobody abuses him. All that is asked of him is that he go quietly to the right cell and remain quiet when he gets there. There is nothing to fight against, nothing to be mad at. The jailers are quiet men without animosity or sadism.
Vices are not crimes.
Vices are not crimes.
We who live in prison, and in whose
We who live in prison, and in whose lives there is no event but sorrow, have to measure time by throbs of pain, and the record of bitter moments.
The number of laws is constantly growing
The number of laws is constantly growing in all countries and, owing to this, what is called crime is very often not a crime at all, for it contains no element of violence or harm.
Well does Heaven have care that no man
Well does Heaven have care that no man secures happiness by crime.
We shall fight against them, throw them
We shall fight against them, throw them in prisons and destroy them.
Liberty is rendered even more precious
Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.
The only real prison is fear, and the
The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear.
Wherever any one is against his will,
Wherever any one is against his will, that is to him a prison.
It is true you cannot eat freedom and
It is true you cannot eat freedom and you cannot power machinery with democracy. But then neither can political prisoners turn on the light in the cells of a dictatorship.
Justice is justice though it's always
Justice is justice though it's always delayed and finally done only by mistake.
Fast closed with double grills
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.
A sick person is a prisoner.
A sick person is a prisoner.
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.
It is the deed that teaches, not the
It is the deed that teaches, not the name we give it. Murder and capital punishment are not opposites that cancel one another, but similars that breed their own kind.
The law does not pretend to punish
The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.
As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more
As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more freely.
