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.
Show me the prison, Show me the jail,
Show me the prison, Show me the jail, Show me the prisoner whose life has gone stale. And I'll show you a young man with so many reasons why And there, but for fortune, go you or I.
The degree of civilization in a society
The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.
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 can work for the Lord in or out of
I can work for the Lord in or out of prison.
Punishment, that is the justice for the
Punishment, that is the justice for the unjust.
Care should be taken that the punishment
Care should be taken that the punishment does not exceed the guilt; and also that some men do not suffer for offenses for which others are not even indicted.
Man is condemned to be free.
Man is condemned to be free.
Well does Heaven have care that no man
Well does Heaven have care that no man secures happiness by crime.
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.
There are few better measures of the
There are few better measures of the concern a society has for its individual members and its own well being than the way it handles criminals.
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.
Self is the only prison that can bind
Self is the only prison that can bind the soul.
Man is born free, and everywhere he is
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
Two men look out the same prison bars;
Two men look out the same prison bars; one sees mud and the other stars.
The world itself is but a large prison,
The world itself is but a large prison, out of which some are daily led to execution.
As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more
As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more freely.
Pardon is the virtue of victory.
Pardon is the virtue of victory.
Shyness is the prison of the heart.
Shyness is the prison of the heart.
Some laws of state aimed at curbing
Some laws of state aimed at curbing crime are even more criminal.
The power of punishment is to silence,
The power of punishment is to silence, not to confute.
They're not supposed to show prison
They're not supposed to show prison films in prison. Especially ones that are about escaping.
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law.
History is full of people who went to
History is full of people who went to prison or were burned at the stake for proclaiming their ideas. Society has always defended itself.
The world is a prison in which solitary
The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable.
