The only difference between me and my
The only difference between me and my fellow actors is that I've spent more time in jail.
If you strike at, imprison, or kill us,
If you strike at, imprison, or kill us, out of our prisons or graves we will still evoke a spirit that will thwart you, and perhaps, raise a force that will destroy you! We defy you! Do your worst!
I never told a victim story about my
I never told a victim story about my imprisonment. Instead, I told a transformation story - about how prison changed my outlook, about how I saw that communication, truth, and trust are at the heart of power.
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.
You utter a vow, or forge a signature,
You utter a vow, or forge a signature, and you may find yourself bound for life to a monastery, a woman, or prison.
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.
Prison makes you a better judge of
Prison makes you a better judge of character. You pick up on people much faster.
No crime has been without a precedent.
No crime has been without a precedent.
Most people fancy themselves innocent of
Faults of the head are punished in this
Faults of the head are punished in this world, those of the heart in another; but as most of our vices are compound, so also is their punishment.
Do not lay on the multitude the blame
Do not lay on the multitude the blame that is due to a few.
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenseless!
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
Everyone is a prisoner of his own
Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices - just recognize them.
The best situation of all, and one
The best situation of all, and one frequently utilized, is for jails and prisons to allow volunteer ministers of all faiths to enter prisons and offer their services to the inmates who want them. That way, the religious needs of inmates are met but without government funds being spent.
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.
It becomes not a law-maker to be a
It becomes not a law-maker to be a law-breaker.
In my country we go to prison first and
In my country we go to prison first and then become President.
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.
I have paid no poll-tax for six years. I
I have paid no poll-tax for six years. I was put into a jail once on this account, for one night; and, as I stood considering the walls of solid stone, I could not help being struck with the foolishness of that institution which treated me as if I were mere flesh and blood and bones, to be locked up...I saw that, if there was a wall of stone between me and my townsmen, there was a still more difficult one to climb or break through, before they could get to be as free as I was. I did not for a moment feel confined, and the walls seemed a great waste of stone and mortar.
We have our own system, ... and
We have our own system, ... and journalists in our system are not put in prison for embarrassing the government by revealing things the government might not wish to have revealed. The important thing is that our system, under which journalists can write without fear or favor, should continue.
One crime has to be concealed by
One crime has to be concealed by another.
Well, I don't think prisons are the
Well, I don't think prisons are the answer to everything, obviously.
We shall fight against them, throw them
We shall fight against them, throw them in prisons and destroy them.
I can work for the Lord in or out of
I can work for the Lord in or out of prison.
