One crime is everything; two nothing.
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law.
A pedestal is as much a prison as any small, confined space.
Justice is justice though it's always delayed and finally done only by mistake.
Body is a home, a prison and a grave.
Overlook our deeds, since you know that crime was absent from our inclination.
Kill a man, and you are an assassin. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill everyone, and you are a God.
Vices are not crimes.
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 impossible to go through life without trust: That is to be imprisoned in the worst cell of all, oneself.
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.
When I was in prison, I was wrapped up in all those deep books. That Tolstoy crap - people shouldn't read that stuff.
The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.
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!
A variety in punishment is of utility, as well as a proportion.
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.
When I was in prison, I was wrapped up in all those deep books. That Tolstoy crap - people shouldn't read that stuff.
Justice renders to every one his due.
Prison makes you a better judge of character. You pick up on people much faster.
Prisons don't rehabilitate, they don't punish, they don't protect, so what the hell do they do?
Trial by jury itself, instead of being a security to persons who are accused, shall be a delusion, a mockery, and a snare.
Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts.
The worst prison is not of stone. It is of a throbbing heart, outraged by an infamous life.
It is true you cannot eat freedom and you cannot power machinery with democracy. But then neither can political prisoners turn on the light in the cells of a dictatorship.
The mellow sweetness of pumpkin pie off a prison spoon is something you will never forget.
