We have our own system, ... and
We have our own system, ... and journalists in our system are not put in prison for embarrassing the government by revealing things the government might not wish to have revealed. The important thing is that our system, under which journalists can write without fear or favor, should continue.
Laws do not persuade just because they
Laws do not persuade just because they threaten.
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.
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.
In prison, you get the chance to see who
In prison, you get the chance to see who really loves you.
The public have more interest in the
The public have more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
To trial bring her stolen charms, and
To trial bring her stolen charms, and let her prison be my arms.
The mellow sweetness of pumpkin pie off
The mellow sweetness of pumpkin pie off a prison spoon is something you will never forget.
The difference between tax avoidance and
The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison walls.
How dreadful it is when the right judge
How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong.
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenseless!
Man is condemned to be free.
Man is condemned to be free.
It isn't true that convicts live like
It isn't true that convicts live like animals: animals have more room to move around.
Money will determine whether the accused
Money will determine whether the accused goes to prison or walks out of the courtroom a free man.
The only real prison is fear, and the
The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear.
Steal goods and you’ll go to prison,
Steal goods and you’ll go to prison, steal lands and you are a king.
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.
The law does not pretend to punish
The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.
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.
Any punishment that does not correct,
Any punishment that does not correct, that can merely rouse rebellion in whoever has to endure it, is a piece of gratuitous infamy which makes those who impose it more guilty in the eyes of humanity, good sense and reason, nay a hundred times more guilty than the victim on whom the punishment is inflicted.
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.
Adversities such as being homeless and
Adversities such as being homeless and going to prison has made many people stronger.
He who profits by a crime commits it.
He who profits by a crime commits it.
One of the many lessons that one learns
One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what they are and will be what they will be.
One crime is everything; two nothing.
One crime is everything; two nothing.
