Everyone is a prisoner of his own
Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices - just recognize them.
Well does Heaven have care that no man
Well does Heaven have care that no man secures happiness by crime.
I never saw a man who looked With such a
I never saw a man who looked With such a wistful eye Upon that little tent of blue Which prisoners call the sky.
What restrains us from killing is partly
What restrains us from killing is partly fear of punishment, partly moral scruple, and partly what may be described as a sense of humor.
One crime has to be concealed by
One crime has to be concealed by another.
No man survives when freedom fails. The
No man survives when freedom fails. The best men rot in filthy jails, and those who cry 'appease, appease' are hanged by those they tried to please.
Prisons don't rehabilitate, they don't
Prisons don't rehabilitate, they don't punish, they don't protect, so what the hell do they do?
The law does not pretend to punish
The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.
One man meets an infamous punishment for
One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem upon another.
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.
Whatever is worthy to be loved for
Whatever is worthy to be loved for anything is worthy of preservation. A wise and dispassionate legislator, if any such should ever arise among men, will not condemn to death him who has done or is likely to do more service than injury to society. Blocks and gibbets are the nearest objects with legislators, and their business is never with hopes or with virtues.
A sick person is a prisoner.
A sick person is a prisoner.
Nothing can be more abhorrent to
Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him in prison because he is unpopular. This is really the test of civilization.
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.
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!
Well, I don't think prisons are the
Well, I don't think prisons are the answer to everything, obviously.
Overlook our deeds, since you know that
Overlook our deeds, since you know that crime was absent from our inclination.
In prison, you get the chance to see who
In prison, you get the chance to see who really loves you.
I can work for the Lord in or out of
I can work for the Lord in or out of prison.
I have been studying how I may compare
I have been studying how I may compare this prison where I live unto the world; Shut up in the prison of their own consciences.
I have never been contained except I
I have never been contained except I made the prison.
Society prepares the crime; the criminal
Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.
Most people fancy themselves innocent of
It is more dangerous that even a guilty
It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms of law than that he should escape.
The public have more interest in the
The public have more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
