Hanging was the worst use a man could be put to.
In prisons, those things withheld from and denied to the prisoner become precisely what he wants most of all.
The worst of prison life, he thought, was not being able to close his door.
Wherever any one is against his will, that is to him a prison.
Wicked deeds are generally done, even with impunity, for the mere desire of occupation.
The only difference between me and my fellow actors is that I've spent more time in jail.
Every crime has, in the moment of its perpetration, Its own avenging angel--dark misgiving, An ominous sinking at the inmost heart.
It becomes not a law-maker to be a law-breaker.
In my country we go to prison first and then become President.
The perfection of a thing consists in its essence; there are perfect criminals, as there are men of perfect probity.
The punishment can be remitted; the crime is everlasting.
Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.
We don't seem to be able to check crime, so why not legalize it and then tax it out of business.
Corporal punishment falls far more heavily than most weighty pecuniary penalty.
There's no greater threat to our independence, to our cherished freedoms and personal liberties than the continual, relentless injection of these insidious poisons into our system. We must decide whether we cherish independence from drugs, without which there is no freedom.
Some laws of state aimed at curbing crime are even more criminal.
One crime has to be concealed by another.
It is certain that the study of human psychology, if it were undertaken exclusively in prisons, would also lead to misrepresentation and absurd generalizations.
To my mind, to kill in war is not a whit better than to commit ordinary murder.
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.
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.
The reformative effect of punishment is a belief that dies hard, chiefly I think, because it is so satisfying to our sadistic impulses.
I can work for the Lord in or out of prison.
No matter how you seem to fatten on a crime, that can never be good for the bee which is bad for the hive.
He who profits by a crime commits it.
