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.
We have initiated programs for re-entry
We have initiated programs for re-entry offenders, since some 500,000 to 600,000 offenders will come out of prison each year for the next three or four years. We want to have positive alternatives when they come back to the community.
A variety in punishment is of utility,
A variety in punishment is of utility, as well as a proportion.
Women now have choices. They can be
Women now have choices. They can be married, not married, have a job, not have a job, be married with children, unmarried with children. Men have the same choice we've always had: work, or prison.
A man will be imprisoned in a room with
A man will be imprisoned in a room with a door that's unlocked and opens inwards, as long as it does not occur to him to pull rather than push.
He who profits by a crime commits it.
He who profits by a crime commits it.
I can work for the Lord in or out of
I can work for the Lord in or out of prison.
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!
So justice while she winks at crimes,
So justice while she winks at crimes, Stumbles on innocence sometimes.
He who opens a school door, closes a
He who opens a school door, closes a prison.
I asked a man in prison once how he
I asked a man in prison once how he happened to be there and he said he had stolen a pair of shoes. I told him if he had stolen a railroad he would be a United States Senator.
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.
To be in prison so long, it's difficult
To be in prison so long, it's difficult to remember exactly what you did to get there.
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law.
It isn't true that convicts live like
It isn't true that convicts live like animals: animals have more room to move around.
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.
You utter a vow, or forge a signature,
You utter a vow, or forge a signature, and you may find yourself bound for life to a monastery, a woman, or prison.
Crimes generally punish themselves.
Crimes generally punish themselves.
We have our own system, ... and
We have our own system, ... and journalists in our system are not put in prison for embarrassing the government by revealing things the government might not wish to have revealed. The important thing is that our system, under which journalists can write without fear or favor, should continue.
The degree of civilization in a society
The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.
It is certain that the study of human
It is certain that the study of human psychology, if it were undertaken exclusively in prisons, would also lead to misrepresentation and absurd generalizations.
Shyness is the prison of the heart.
Shyness is the prison of the heart.
Well does Heaven have care that no man
Well does Heaven have care that no man secures happiness by crime.
When it comes to freedom, we are but
When it comes to freedom, we are but prisoners of our own desires.
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.
