To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can thus flatter himself.
We are prisoners of ideas.
We are prisoners of ideas.
A pedestal is as much a prison as any
A pedestal is as much a prison as any small, confined space.
In prison, you get the chance to see who
In prison, you get the chance to see who really loves you.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
He who profits by a crime commits it.
He who profits by a crime commits it.
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.
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.
Clemency alone makes us equal to the
Clemency alone makes us equal to the gods.
The worst of prison life, he thought,
The worst of prison life, he thought, was not being able to close his door.
I never told a victim story about my
I never told a victim story about my imprisonment. Instead, I told a transformation story - about how prison changed my outlook, about how I saw that communication, truth, and trust are at the heart of power.
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.
The severest justice may not always be
The severest justice may not always be the best policy.
I am an expert of electricity. My father
I am an expert of electricity. My father occupied the chair of applied electricity at the state prison.
In the halls of justice, the only
In the halls of justice, the only justice is in the halls.
So justice while she winks at crimes,
So justice while she winks at crimes, Stumbles on innocence sometimes.
When the Nazis came for the communists,
When the Nazis came for the communists, I remained silent; I was not a communist. When they locked up the social democrats, I remained silent; I was not a social democrat. When they came for the trade unionists, I did not speak out; I was not a trade unionist. When they came for me, there was no one left to speak out.
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.
Steal goods and you’ll go to prison,
Steal goods and you’ll go to prison, steal lands and you are a king.
What is crime amongst the multitude, is
What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.
I can work for the Lord in or out of
I can work for the Lord in or out of prison.
Educate your children to self-control,
Educate your children to self-control, to the habit of holding passion and prejudice and evil tendencies to an upright and reasoning will, and you have done much to abolish misery from their future lives and crimes to society.
While crime is punished it yet
While crime is punished it yet increases.
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.
Distrust all in whom the impulse to
Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.
