They're not supposed to show prison
They're not supposed to show prison films in prison. Especially ones that are about escaping.
Crimes lead one into another; they who
Crimes lead one into another; they who are capable of being forgers are capable of being incendiaries.
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.
When it comes to freedom, we are but
When it comes to freedom, we are but prisoners of our own desires.
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.
Hanging was the worst use a man could be
Hanging was the worst use a man could be put to.
I submit that an individual who breaks a
I submit that an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for the law.
Justice is that virtue of the soul which
Justice is that virtue of the soul which is distributive according to desert.
As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more
As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more freely.
The public have more interest in the
The public have more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
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.
Why would anyone expect him to come out
Why would anyone expect him to come out smarter? He went to prison for three years, not Princeton.
There is a point at which even justice
There is a point at which even justice does injury.
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.
Punishment, that is the justice for the
Punishment, that is the justice for the unjust.
It becomes not a law-maker to be a
It becomes not a law-maker to be a law-breaker.
No man should be judge in his own case.
No man should be judge in his own case.
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!
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.
It isn't true that convicts live like
It isn't true that convicts live like animals: animals have more room to move around.
It is the deed that teaches, not the
It is the deed that teaches, not the name we give it. Murder and capital punishment are not opposites that cancel one another, but similars that breed their own kind.
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.
Distrust all in whom the impulse to
Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.
The solution to our drug problem is not
The solution to our drug problem is not in incarceration.
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.
