I have been studying how I may compare
I have been studying how I may compare This prison where I live unto the world; And, for because the world is populous, And here is not a creature but myself, I cannot do it. Yet I'll hammer it out.
I don't like jail, they got the wrong
I don't like jail, they got the wrong kind of bars in there.
Shyness is the prison of the heart.
Shyness is the prison of the heart.
A man will be imprisoned in a room with
A man will be imprisoned in a room with a door that's unlocked and opens inwards, as long as it does not occur to him to pull rather than push.
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%.
Crimes lead one into another; they who
Crimes lead one into another; they who are capable of being forgers are capable of being incendiaries.
Society has used the juvenile courts to
Society has used the juvenile courts to create a caste system where there are throw-away people.
Self is the only prison that can bind
Self is the only prison that can bind the soul.
Probably the only place where a man can
Probably the only place where a man can feel really secure is in a maximum security prison, except for the imminent threat of release.
Let us remember that justice must be
Let us remember that justice must be observed even to the lowest.
It isn't true that convicts live like
It isn't true that convicts live like animals: animals have more room to move around.
Some laws of state aimed at curbing
Some laws of state aimed at curbing crime are even more criminal.
The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
Prisons don't rehabilitate, they don't
Prisons don't rehabilitate, they don't punish, they don't protect, so what the hell do they do?
Why would anyone expect him to come out
Why would anyone expect him to come out smarter? He went to prison for three years, not Princeton.
And while God had work for Paul, he
And while God had work for Paul, he found him friends both in court and prison. Let persecutors send saints to prison, God can provide a keeper for their turn.
Before we can diminish our sufferings
Before we can diminish our sufferings from the ill-controlled aggressive assaults of fellow citizens, we must renounce the philosophy of punishment, the obsolete, vengeful penal attitude. In its place we would seek a comprehensive, constructive social attitude - therapeutic in some instances, restraining in some instances, but preventive in its total social impact. In the last analysis this becomes a question of personal morals and values. No matter how glorified or how piously disguised, vengeance as a human motive must be personally repudiated by each and every one of us.
So justice while she winks at crimes,
So justice while she winks at crimes, Stumbles on innocence sometimes.
When it comes to freedom, we are but
When it comes to freedom, we are but prisoners of our own desires.
When you are younger you get blamed for
When you are younger you get blamed for crimes you never committed and when you're older you begin to get credit for virtues you never possessed. It evens itself out.
The solution to our drug problem is not
The solution to our drug problem is not in incarceration.
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.
To make punishments efficacious, two
To make punishments efficacious, two things are necessary. They must never be disproportioned to the offence, and they must be certain.
It is safer that a bad man should not be
It is safer that a bad man should not be accused, than that he should be acquitted.
