You stuff somebody into the American
You stuff somebody into the American dream, and it becomes a prison.
In prison, you get the chance to see who
In prison, you get the chance to see who really loves you.
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.
It becomes not a law-maker to be a
It becomes not a law-maker to be a law-breaker.
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.
We have initiated programs for re-entry
We have initiated programs for re-entry offenders, since some 500,000 to 600,000 offenders will come out of prison each year for the next three or four years. We want to have positive alternatives when they come back to the community.
Prison makes you a better judge of
Prison makes you a better judge of character. You pick up on people much faster.
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.
There is no peace because the making of
There is no peace because the making of peace is at least as costly as the making of war - at least as exigent, at least as disruptive, at least as liable to bring disgrace and prison and death in its wake.
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.
He had drawn many a thousand of these
He had drawn many a thousand of these rations in prisons and camps, and though he'd never had an opportunity to weight them on scales, and although, being a man of timid nature, he knew no way of standing up for his rights, he, like every other prisoner, had discovered long ago that honest weight was never to be found in the bread-cutting. There was short weight in every ration. The only point was how short. So every day you took a look to soothe your soul - today, maybe, they haven't snitched any.
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.
They took away my money, my family, and
They took away my money, my family, and my security. Why couldn't they destroy my ideas? We will question them in court tomorrow as we trigger The Revolution of all revolutions!
If we were brought to trial for the
If we were brought to trial for the crimes we have committed against ourselves, few would escape the gallows.
One man meets an infamous punishment for
One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem upon another.
Some laws of state aimed at curbing
Some laws of state aimed at curbing crime are even more criminal.
Body is a home, a prison and a grave.
Body is a home, a prison and a grave.
It is better that ten guilty persons
It is better that ten guilty persons escape, than that one innocent suffer.
It is the spirit and not the form of law
It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
Justice is justice though it's always
Justice is justice though it's always delayed and finally done only by mistake.
If we look at Houston, which is a very
If we look at Houston, which is a very environmentally toxic place, we find that it has one of the highest levels of young men going to prison and also among the highest levels of illiteracy in the country.
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.
Distrust all in whom the impulse to
Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.
Most people fancy themselves innocent of
The difference between tax avoidance and
The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison walls.
