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.
The world itself is but a large prison,
The world itself is but a large prison, out of which some are daily led to execution.
One man meets an infamous punishment for
One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem upon another.
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.
Hanging was the worst use a man could be
Hanging was the worst use a man could be put to.
Three hundred years ago a prisoner
Three hundred years ago a prisoner condemned to the Tower of London carved on the wall of his cell this sentiment to keep up his spirits during his long imprisonment: “It is not adversity that kills, but the impatience with which we bear adversity.”
To my mind, to kill in war is not a whit
To my mind, to kill in war is not a whit better than to commit ordinary murder.
Women have worked hard; starved in
Women have worked hard; starved in prison; given of their time and lives that we might sit in the House of Commons and take part in the legislating of this country.
Let us remember that justice must be
Let us remember that justice must be observed even to the lowest.
The torment of human frustration,
The torment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and 'mangled mind' leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.
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%.
On average, drug prisoners spend more
On average, drug prisoners spend more time in federal prison than rapists, who often get out on early release because of the overcrowding in prison caused by the Drug War.
Everyone is a prisoner of his own
Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices - just recognize them.
I wrote a million words in the first
I wrote a million words in the first year, and I could never have done that outside of prison.
In a civilized society, all crimes are
In a civilized society, all crimes are likely to be sins, but most sins are not and ought not to be treated as crimes.
I don't like jail, they got the wrong
I don't like jail, they got the wrong kind of bars in there.
Pardon is the virtue of victory.
Pardon is the virtue of victory.
The contagion of crime is like that of
The contagion of crime is like that of the plague. Criminals collected together corrupt each other; they are worse than ever when at the termination of their punishment they re-enter society.
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!
You stuff somebody into the American
You stuff somebody into the American dream, and it becomes a prison.
One crime has to be concealed by
One crime has to be concealed by another.
No obligation to justice does force a
No obligation to justice does force a man to be cruel, or to use the sharpest sentence.
A country is in a bad state, which is
A country is in a bad state, which is governed only by laws; because a thousand things occur for which laws cannot provide, and where authority ought to interpose.
Prosecution I have managed to avoid; but
Prosecution I have managed to avoid; but I have been arrested, charged in a police court, have refused to be bound over, and thereupon have been unconditionally released - to my great regret; for I have always wanted to know what going to prison was like.
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can thus flatter himself.
