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.
And while God had work for Paul, he
And while God had work for Paul, he found him friends both in court and prison. Let persecutors send saints to prison, God can provide a keeper for their turn.
The solution to our drug problem is not
The solution to our drug problem is not in incarceration.
We are prisoners of ideas.
We are prisoners of ideas.
Trial by jury itself, instead of being a
Trial by jury itself, instead of being a security to persons who are accused, shall be a delusion, a mockery, and a snare.
There's no greater threat to our
There's no greater threat to our independence, to our cherished freedoms and personal liberties than the continual, relentless injection of these insidious poisons into our system. We must decide whether we cherish independence from drugs, without which there is no freedom.
A sick person is a prisoner.
A sick person is a prisoner.
Self is the only prison that can bind
Self is the only prison that can bind the soul.
Crimes lead one into another; they who
Crimes lead one into another; they who are capable of being forgers are capable of being incendiaries.
Here the great art lies, to discern in
Here the great art lies, to discern in what the law is to be to restraint and punishment, and in what things persuasion only is to work.
Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of
Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of prison stronger.
Adversities such as being homeless and
Adversities such as being homeless and going to prison has made many people stronger.
Injustice anywhere is a threat to
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.
No written law has been more binding
No written law has been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion.
They were being driven to a prison,
They were being driven to a prison, through no fault of their own, in all probability for life. In comparison, how much easier it would be to walk to the gallows than to this tomb of living horrors!
The penalty for laughing in a courtroom
The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail; if it were not for this penalty, the jury would never hear the evidence.
The world is a prison in which solitary
The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable.
I don't like being famous - it is like a
I don't like being famous - it is like a prison. And driving for Ferrari would make it far worse.
He who does not prevent a crime when he
He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.
The public have more interest in the
The public have more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
The worst of prison life, he thought,
The worst of prison life, he thought, was not being able to close his door.
Justice is justice though it's always
Justice is justice though it's always delayed and finally done only by mistake.
I sometimes wish that people would put a
I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement.
Pardon is the virtue of victory.
Pardon is the virtue of victory.
So justice while she winks at crimes,
So justice while she winks at crimes, Stumbles on innocence sometimes.
