Distrust all in whom the impulse to
Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.
Intellectual despair results in neither
Intellectual despair results in neither weakness nor dreams, but in violence. It is only a matter of knowing how to give vent to one's rage; whether one only wants to wander like madmen around prisons, or whether one wants to overturn them.
Adversities such as being homeless and
Adversities such as being homeless and going to prison has made many people stronger.
Well, I don't think prisons are the
Well, I don't think prisons are the answer to everything, obviously.
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.
Self is the only prison that can bind
Self is the only prison that can bind the soul.
Money will determine whether the accused
Money will determine whether the accused goes to prison or walks out of the courtroom a free man.
No crime has been without a precedent.
No crime has been without a precedent.
Some laws of state aimed at curbing
Some laws of state aimed at curbing crime are even more criminal.
Every crime has, in the moment of its
Every crime has, in the moment of its perpetration, Its own avenging angel--dark misgiving, An ominous sinking at the inmost heart.
Let us remember that justice must be
Let us remember that justice must be observed even to the lowest.
There is a point at which even justice
There is a point at which even justice does injury.
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.
I know how men in exile feed on dreams
I know how men in exile feed on dreams of hope.
In prison, you get the chance to see who
In prison, you get the chance to see who really loves you.
The degree of civilization in a society
The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.
When it comes to freedom, we are but
When it comes to freedom, we are but prisoners of our own desires.
Definition, rationality, and structure
Definition, rationality, and structure are ways of seeing, but they become prisons when they blank out other ways of seeing.
It is the spirit and not the form of law
It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
You stuff somebody into the American
You stuff somebody into the American dream, and it becomes a prison.
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.
Here the great art lies, to discern in
Here the great art lies, to discern in what the law is to be to restraint and punishment, and in what things persuasion only is to work.
We shall not yield to violence. We shall
We shall not yield to violence. We shall not be deprived of union freedoms. We shall never agree with sending people to prison for their convictions.
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.
Trial by jury itself, instead of being a
Trial by jury itself, instead of being a security to persons who are accused, shall be a delusion, a mockery, and a snare.
