Nor cell, nor chain, nor dungeon speaks
Nor cell, nor chain, nor dungeon speaks to the murderer like the voice of solitude.
I can work for the Lord in or out of
I can work for the Lord in or out of prison.
A sick person is a prisoner.
A sick person is a prisoner.
The penalty for laughing in a courtroom
The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail; if it were not for this penalty, the jury would never hear the evidence.
One of the problems that the marijuana
One of the problems that the marijuana reform movement consistently faces is that everyone wants to talk about what marijuana does, but no one ever wants to look at what marijuana prohibition does. Marijuana never kicks down your door in the middle of the night. Marijuana never locks up sick and dying people, does not suppress medical research, does not peek in bedroom windows. Even if one takes every reefer madness allegation of the prohibitionists at face value, marijuana prohibition has done far more harm to far more people than marijuana ever could.
There is no greater punishment of
There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
So justice while she winks at crimes,
So justice while she winks at crimes, Stumbles on innocence sometimes.
No crime has been without a precedent.
No crime has been without a precedent.
In prisons, those things withheld from
In prisons, those things withheld from and denied to the prisoner become precisely what he wants most of all.
Wherever any one is against his will,
Wherever any one is against his will, that is to him a prison.
Some laws of state aimed at curbing
Some laws of state aimed at curbing crime are even more criminal.
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law.
We are prisoners of ideas.
We are prisoners of ideas.
Wicked deeds are generally done, even
Wicked deeds are generally done, even with impunity, for the mere desire of occupation.
Man is born free, and everywhere he is
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
I have been studying how I may compare
I have been studying how I may compare this prison where I live unto the world; Shut up in the prison of their own consciences.
The punishment can be remitted; the
The punishment can be remitted; the crime is everlasting.
Since 1957, black people have
Since 1957, black people have experienced double-digit unemployment - in good times and bad times. Look at the population of African Americans in prison. They represent more than half the population of prisoners in the country, 55 percent of those on death row.
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.
We shall fight against them, throw them
We shall fight against them, throw them in prisons and destroy them.
Show me the prison, Show me the jail,
Show me the prison, Show me the jail, Show me the prisoner whose life has gone stale. And I'll show you a young man with so many reasons why And there, but for fortune, go you or I.
If you want total security, go to
If you want total security, go to prison. There you’re fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking…is freedom.
Care should be taken that the punishment
Care should be taken that the punishment does not exceed the guilt; and also that some men do not suffer for offenses for which others are not even indicted.
Self is the only prison that can bind
Self is the only prison that can bind the soul.
If you share the crime of your friend,
If you share the crime of your friend, you make it your own.
