The most anxious man in a prison is the
The most anxious man in a prison is the governor.
Mere factual innocence is no reason not
Mere factual innocence is no reason not to carry out a death sentence properly reached.
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.
Well, I don't think prisons are the
Well, I don't think prisons are the answer to everything, obviously.
Well does Heaven have care that no man
Well does Heaven have care that no man secures happiness by crime.
When it comes to freedom, we are but
When it comes to freedom, we are but prisoners of our own desires.
Do not lay on the multitude the blame
Do not lay on the multitude the blame that is due to a few.
Let us remember that justice must be
Let us remember that justice must be observed even to the lowest.
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.
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.
Two men look out the same prison bars;
Two men look out the same prison bars; one sees mud and the other stars.
I have been studying how I may compare
I have been studying how I may compare This prison where I live unto the world; And, for because the world is populous, And here is not a creature but myself, I cannot do it. Yet I'll hammer it out.
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.
The uneven impact of actual enforcement
The uneven impact of actual enforcement measures tends to mirror and reinforce more general patterns of discrimination (along socioeconomic, racial and ethnic, sexual, and perhaps generational lines) within the society. As a consequence, such enforcement (ineffective as it may be in producing conformity) almost certainly reinforces feelings of alienation already prevalent within major segments of the population.
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.
Clemency alone makes us equal to the
Clemency alone makes us equal to the gods.
I just remember that disturbing feeling
I just remember that disturbing feeling of walking into that prison, the complete loss of privacy, the complete loss of stimulation, dignity.
It is the spirit and not the form of law
It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
Prison continues, on those who are
Prison continues, on those who are entrusted to it, a work begun elsewhere, which the whole of society pursues on each individual through innumerable mechanisms of discipline.
They were being driven to a prison,
They were being driven to a prison, through no fault of their own, in all probability for life. In comparison, how much easier it would be to walk to the gallows than to this tomb of living horrors!
The only difference between me and my
The only difference between me and my fellow actors is that I've spent more time in jail.
One should respect public opinion
One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny.
There is a point at which even justice
There is a point at which even justice does injury.
How dreadful it is when the right judge
How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong.
When is conduct a crime, and when is a
When is conduct a crime, and when is a crime not a crime? When Somebody Up There -- a monarch, a dictator, a Pope, a legislator -- so decrees.
