I know not whether laws be right, or
I know not whether laws be right, or whether laws be wrong; All that we know who lie in gaol is that the wall is strong; And that each day is like a year, a year whose days are long.
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.
He who profits by a crime commits it.
He who profits by a crime commits it.
We are prisoners of ideas.
We are prisoners of ideas.
Money will determine whether the accused
Money will determine whether the accused goes to prison or walks out of the courtroom a free man.
Reality becomes a prison to those who
Reality becomes a prison to those who can’t get out of it.
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.
He who opens a school door, closes a
He who opens a school door, closes a prison.
Man is condemned to be free.
Man is condemned to be free.
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!
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.
No matter how you seem to fatten on a
No matter how you seem to fatten on a crime, that can never be good for the bee which is bad for the hive.
There is no greater punishment of
There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
Taught from infancy that beauty is
Taught from infancy that beauty is woman's sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison.
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.
Justice renders to every one his due.
Justice renders to every one his due.
If you share the crime of your friend,
If you share the crime of your friend, you make it your own.
It is true you cannot eat freedom and
It is true you cannot eat freedom and you cannot power machinery with democracy. But then neither can political prisoners turn on the light in the cells of a dictatorship.
Let us remember that justice must be
Let us remember that justice must be observed even to the lowest.
Well, I don't think prisons are the
Well, I don't think prisons are the answer to everything, obviously.
No written law has been more binding
No written law has been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion.
Virtue pardons the wicked, as the
Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.
You stuff somebody into the American
You stuff somebody into the American dream, and it becomes a prison.
Every instance of a man's suffering the
Every instance of a man's suffering the penalty of the law is an instance of the failure of that penalty in effecting its purpose, which is to deter.
The most anxious man in a prison is the
The most anxious man in a prison is the governor.
