In prison, you get the chance to see who
In prison, you get the chance to see who really loves you.
On a planet that increasingly resembles
On a planet that increasingly resembles one huge Maximum Security prison, the only intelligent choice is to plan a jail break.
I was put into jail as I was going to
I was put into jail as I was going to the shoemaker's to get a shoe which was mended. When I was let out the next morning, I proceeded to finish my errand, and, having put on my mended shoe, joined a huckleberry party, who were impatient to put themselves under my conduct; and in half an hour -- for the horse was soon tackled -- was in the midst of a huckleberry field, on one of our highest hills, two miles off, and then the State was nowhere to be seen.
We shall fight against them, throw them
We shall fight against them, throw them in prisons and destroy them.
I know how men in exile feed on dreams
I know how men in exile feed on dreams of hope.
What restrains us from killing is partly
What restrains us from killing is partly fear of punishment, partly moral scruple, and partly what may be described as a sense of humor.
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 common argument that crime is caused
The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor.
To trial bring her stolen charms, and
To trial bring her stolen charms, and let her prison be my arms.
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.
The guilt of enforced crimes lies on
The guilt of enforced crimes lies on those who impose them.
I never saw a man who looked With such a
I never saw a man who looked With such a wistful eye Upon that little tent of blue Which prisoners call the sky.
No crime has been without a precedent.
No crime has been without a precedent.
I don't like jail, they got the wrong
I don't like jail, they got the wrong kind of bars in there.
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can thus flatter himself.
As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more
As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more freely.
The idea that the sole aim of punishment
The idea that the sole aim of punishment is to prevent crime is obviously grounded upon the theory that crime can be prevented, which is almost as dubious as the notion that poverty can be prevented.
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.
Pardon is the virtue of victory.
Pardon is the virtue of victory.
One crime has to be concealed by
One crime has to be concealed by another.
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.
Whatever you think of de Sade, he was a
Whatever you think of de Sade, he was a complex figure and we should not look for easy answers with him. He was, strangely perhaps, against the death penalty, and he was never put in prison for murders or anything like that.
Whatever is worthy to be loved for
Whatever is worthy to be loved for anything is worthy of preservation. A wise and dispassionate legislator, if any such should ever arise among men, will not condemn to death him who has done or is likely to do more service than injury to society. Blocks and gibbets are the nearest objects with legislators, and their business is never with hopes or with virtues.
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law.
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.
