Since 1957, black people have
Since 1957, black people have experienced double-digit unemployment - in good times and bad times. Look at the population of African Americans in prison. They represent more than half the population of prisoners in the country, 55 percent of those on death row.
It isn't true that convicts live like
It isn't true that convicts live like animals: animals have more room to move around.
A Sunday school is a prison in which
A Sunday school is a prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their parents.
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.
Body is a home, a prison and a grave.
Body is a home, a prison and a grave.
So justice while she winks at crimes,
So justice while she winks at crimes, Stumbles on innocence sometimes.
Three hundred years ago a prisoner
Three hundred years ago a prisoner condemned to the Tower of London carved on the wall of his cell this sentiment to keep up his spirits during his long imprisonment: “It is not adversity that kills, but the impatience with which we bear adversity.”
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.
The world is a prison in which solitary
The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable.
You utter a vow, or forge a signature,
You utter a vow, or forge a signature, and you may find yourself bound for life to a monastery, a woman, or prison.
We who live in prison, and in whose
We who live in prison, and in whose lives there is no event but sorrow, have to measure time by throbs of pain, and the record of bitter moments.
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.
The degree of civilization in a society
The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.
Self is the only prison that can bind
Self is the only prison that can bind the soul.
We shall fight against them, throw them
We shall fight against them, throw them in prisons and destroy them.
Crimes generally punish themselves.
Crimes generally punish themselves.
No matter how you seem to fatten on a
No matter how you seem to fatten on a crime, that can never be good for the bee which is bad for the hive.
No crime has been without a precedent.
No crime has been without a precedent.
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.
We don't seem to be able to check crime,
We don't seem to be able to check crime, so why not legalize it and then tax it out of business.
The solution to our drug problem is not
The solution to our drug problem is not in incarceration.
The most anxious man in a prison is the
The most anxious man in a prison is the governor.
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.
It is better that ten guilty persons
It is better that ten guilty persons escape, than that one innocent suffer.
