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!
Intellectual despair results in neither
Intellectual despair results in neither weakness nor dreams, but in violence. It is only a matter of knowing how to give vent to one's rage; whether one only wants to wander like madmen around prisons, or whether one wants to overturn them.
Money will determine whether the accused
Money will determine whether the accused goes to prison or walks out of the courtroom a free man.
The best situation of all, and one
The best situation of all, and one frequently utilized, is for jails and prisons to allow volunteer ministers of all faiths to enter prisons and offer their services to the inmates who want them. That way, the religious needs of inmates are met but without government funds being spent.
I can tell you this on a stack of
I can tell you this on a stack of Bibles: prisons are archaic, brutal, unregenerative, overcrowded hell holes where the inmates are treated like animals with absolutely not one humane thought given to what they are going to do once they are released. You're an animal in a cage and you're treated like one.
What is crime amongst the multitude, is
What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.
Crime is a logical extension of the sort
Crime is a logical extension of the sort of behavior that often [is] considered perfectly respectable in legitimate business.
If two people fight on the street, whose
If two people fight on the street, whose fault is it? Who is the criminal? It is the government’s responsibility because the government has not educated the people to not make mistakes. The people have inadequate, incompetent education, so they make mistakes! It is such a fraud.
One should respect public opinion
One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny.
In the halls of justice, the only
In the halls of justice, the only justice is in the halls.
Corporal punishment falls far more
Corporal punishment falls far more heavily than most weighty pecuniary penalty.
Overlook our deeds, since you know that
Overlook our deeds, since you know that crime was absent from our inclination.
One crime has to be concealed by
One crime has to be concealed by another.
Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners
Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts.
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.
Man is born free, and everywhere he is
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
Our task must be to free ourselves from
Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.
Crimes generally punish themselves.
Crimes generally punish themselves.
In a civilized society, all crimes are
In a civilized society, all crimes are likely to be sins, but most sins are not and ought not to be treated as crimes.
Reality becomes a prison to those who
Reality becomes a prison to those who can’t get out of it.
How dreadful it is when the right judge
How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong.
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can thus flatter himself.
Two men look out the same prison bars;
Two men look out the same prison bars; one sees mud and the other stars.
I know how men in exile feed on dreams
I know how men in exile feed on dreams of hope.
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.
