It is safer that a bad man should not be
It is safer that a bad man should not be accused, than that he should be acquitted.
I have never been contained except I
I have never been contained except I made the prison.
As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more
As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more freely.
I have been studying how I may compare
I have been studying how I may compare this prison where I live unto the world; Shut up in the prison of their own consciences.
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law.
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.
Society prepares the crime; the criminal
Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.
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.
Educate your children to self-control,
Educate your children to self-control, to the habit of holding passion and prejudice and evil tendencies to an upright and reasoning will, and you have done much to abolish misery from their future lives and crimes to society.
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenseless!
We're in a war. People who blast some
We're in a war. People who blast some pot on a casual basis are guilty of treason.
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.
In prison, you get the chance to see who
In prison, you get the chance to see who really loves you.
Prison makes you a better judge of
Prison makes you a better judge of character. You pick up on people much faster.
The degree of civilization in a society
The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.
It isn't true that convicts live like
It isn't true that convicts live like animals: animals have more room to move around.
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.
We judge ourselves by what we feel
We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.
He who opens a school door, closes a
He who opens a school door, closes a prison.
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.
Prison, dungeons, blessed places where
Prison, dungeons, blessed places where evil is impossible because they are the crossroads of all the evil in the world. One cannot commit evil in hell.
Written laws are like spiders' webs, and
Written laws are like spiders' webs, and will, like them, only entangle and hold the poor and weak, while the rich and powerful will easily break through them.
The solution to our drug problem is not
The solution to our drug problem is not in incarceration.
The only real prison is fear, and the
The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear.
No obligation to justice does force a
No obligation to justice does force a man to be cruel, or to use the sharpest sentence.