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.
I can tell you this on a stack of
I can tell you this on a stack of Bibles: prisons are archaic, brutal, unregenerative, overcrowded hell holes where the inmates are treated like animals with absolutely not one humane thought given to what they are going to do once they are released. You're an animal in a cage and you're treated like one.
We are prisoners of ideas.
We are prisoners of ideas.
The solution to our drug problem is not
The solution to our drug problem is not in incarceration.
The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
The law does not pretend to punish
The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.
The only effect of public punishment is
The only effect of public punishment is to show the rabble how bravely it can be borne; and that every one who hath lost a toe-nail hath suffered worse.
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!
Virtue pardons the wicked, as the
Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.
Justice is justice though it's always
Justice is justice though it's always delayed and finally done only by mistake.
Forgiveness, that noblest of all
Forgiveness, that noblest of all self-denial, is a virtue which he alone who can practise in himself can willingly believe in another.
Hard cases, it is said, make bad law.
Hard cases, it is said, make bad law.
You stuff somebody into the American
You stuff somebody into the American dream, and it becomes a prison.
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.
If we were brought to trial for the
If we were brought to trial for the crimes we have committed against ourselves, few would escape the gallows.
The thoughts of a prisoner - they're not
The thoughts of a prisoner - they're not free either. They keep returning to the same things.
In my country we go to prison first and
In my country we go to prison first and then become President.
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 object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
One of the many lessons that one learns
One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what they are and will be what they will be.
Prison makes you a better judge of
Prison makes you a better judge of character. You pick up on people much faster.
Crimes lead one into another; they who
Crimes lead one into another; they who are capable of being forgers are capable of being incendiaries.
Well, I don't think prisons are the
Well, I don't think prisons are the answer to everything, obviously.
It is the spirit and not the form of law
It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
The mellow sweetness of pumpkin pie off
The mellow sweetness of pumpkin pie off a prison spoon is something you will never forget.
