A pedestal is as much a prison as any
A pedestal is as much a prison as any small, confined space.
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.
Our task must be to free ourselves from
Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.
Reality becomes a prison to those who
Reality becomes a prison to those who can’t get out of it.
The uneven impact of actual enforcement
The uneven impact of actual enforcement measures tends to mirror and reinforce more general patterns of discrimination (along socioeconomic, racial and ethnic, sexual, and perhaps generational lines) within the society. As a consequence, such enforcement (ineffective as it may be in producing conformity) almost certainly reinforces feelings of alienation already prevalent within major segments of the population.
Clemency alone makes us equal to the
Clemency alone makes us equal to the gods.
When it comes to freedom, we are but
When it comes to freedom, we are but prisoners of our own desires.
The severest justice may not always be
The severest justice may not always be the best policy.
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can thus flatter himself.
Kill a man, and you are an assassin.
Kill a man, and you are an assassin. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill everyone, and you are a God.
I know how men in exile feed on dreams
I know how men in exile feed on dreams of hope.
The degree of civilization in a society
The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.
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.
No written law has been more binding
No written law has been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion.
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.
There is no greater punishment of
There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
There is a point at which even justice
There is a point at which even justice does injury.
Body is a home, a prison and a grave.
Body is a home, a prison and a grave.
Organized crime in America takes in over
Organized crime in America takes in over forty billion dollars a year. This is quite a profitable sum, especially when one considers that the Mafia spends very little for office supplies.
As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more
As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more freely.
Some laws of state aimed at curbing
Some laws of state aimed at curbing crime are even more criminal.
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.
Steal goods and you’ll go to prison,
Steal goods and you’ll go to prison, steal lands and you are a king.
Crimes lead one into another; they who
Crimes lead one into another; they who are capable of being forgers are capable of being incendiaries.
How dreadful it is when the right judge
How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong.
