No obligation to justice does force a
No obligation to justice does force a man to be cruel, or to use the sharpest sentence.
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law.
Crimes generally punish themselves.
Crimes generally punish themselves.
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.
Punishment, that is the justice for the
Punishment, that is the justice for the unjust.
Let us remember that justice must be
Let us remember that justice must be observed even to the lowest.
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.
Once we are destined to live out our
Once we are destined to live out our lives in the prison of our mind, our duty is to furnish it well.
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.
It is impossible to go through life
It is impossible to go through life without trust: That is to be imprisoned in the worst cell of all, oneself.
Wicked deeds are generally done, even
Wicked deeds are generally done, even with impunity, for the mere desire of occupation.
Crimes lead one into another; they who
Crimes lead one into another; they who are capable of being forgers are capable of being incendiaries.
When it comes to freedom, we are but
When it comes to freedom, we are but prisoners of our own desires.
Nothing can be more abhorrent to
Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him in prison because he is unpopular. This is really the test of civilization.
No man should be judge in his own case.
No man should be judge in his own case.
It is not at the table, but in prison,
It is not at the table, but in prison, that you learn who your true friends are.
One crime has to be concealed by
One crime has to be concealed by another.
It is more dangerous that even a guilty
It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms of law than that he should escape.
Some laws of state aimed at curbing
Some laws of state aimed at curbing crime are even more criminal.
There are only two places in the world
There are only two places in the world where time takes precedence over the job to be done. School and prison.
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.
Mere factual innocence is no reason not
Mere factual innocence is no reason not to carry out a death sentence properly reached.
I just remember that disturbing feeling
I just remember that disturbing feeling of walking into that prison, the complete loss of privacy, the complete loss of stimulation, dignity.
The mellow sweetness of pumpkin pie off
The mellow sweetness of pumpkin pie off a prison spoon is something you will never forget.
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.
