Probably the only place where a man can
Probably the only place where a man can feel really secure is in a maximum security prison, except for the imminent threat of release.
It is the deed that teaches, not the
It is the deed that teaches, not the name we give it. Murder and capital punishment are not opposites that cancel one another, but similars that breed their own kind.
It is not at the table, but in prison,
It is not at the table, but in prison, that you learn who your true friends are.
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.
Adversities such as being homeless and
Adversities such as being homeless and going to prison has made many people stronger.
Hanging was the worst use a man could be
Hanging was the worst use a man could be put to.
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.
Everyone is a prisoner of his own
Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices - just recognize them.
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.
On average, drug prisoners spend more
On average, drug prisoners spend more time in federal prison than rapists, who often get out on early release because of the overcrowding in prison caused by the Drug War.
Nor cell, nor chain, nor dungeon speaks
Nor cell, nor chain, nor dungeon speaks to the murderer like the voice of solitude.
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.
I existed in a world that never is - the
I existed in a world that never is - the prison of the mind.
The world is a prison in which solitary
The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable.
The power of punishment is to silence,
The power of punishment is to silence, not to confute.
One man meets an infamous punishment for
One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem upon another.
By noiselessly going to a prison a
By noiselessly going to a prison a civil-resister ensures a calm atmosphere.
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.
In prisons, those things withheld from
In prisons, those things withheld from and denied to the prisoner become precisely what he wants most of all.
We are prisoners of ideas.
We are prisoners of ideas.
Virtue pardons the wicked, as the
Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.
The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
There is no greater punishment of
There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
So justice while she winks at crimes,
So justice while she winks at crimes, Stumbles on innocence sometimes.
A country is in a bad state, which is
A country is in a bad state, which is governed only by laws; because a thousand things occur for which laws cannot provide, and where authority ought to interpose.
