They took away my money, my family, and
They took away my money, my family, and my security. Why couldn't they destroy my ideas? We will question them in court tomorrow as we trigger The Revolution of all revolutions!
In prison, you get the chance to see who
In prison, you get the chance to see who really loves you.
Prison makes you a better judge of
Prison makes you a better judge of character. You pick up on people much faster.
I have never been contained except I
I have never been contained except I made the prison.
Care should be taken that the punishment
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.
If we were brought to trial for the
If we were brought to trial for the crimes we have committed against ourselves, few would escape the gallows.
Hanging was the worst use a man could be
Hanging was the worst use a man could be put to.
You utter a vow, or forge a signature,
You utter a vow, or forge a signature, and you may find yourself bound for life to a monastery, a woman, or prison.
Law is merely the expression of the will
Law is merely the expression of the will of the strongest for the time being, and therefore laws have no fixity, but shift from generation to generation.
The public have more interest in the
The public have more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
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.
Crimes generally punish themselves.
Crimes generally punish themselves.
They're not supposed to show prison
They're not supposed to show prison films in prison. Especially ones that are about escaping.
There are few better measures of the
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.
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.
The only real prison is fear, and the
The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear.
Prosecution I have managed to avoid; but
Prosecution I have managed to avoid; but I have been arrested, charged in a police court, have refused to be bound over, and thereupon have been unconditionally released - to my great regret; for I have always wanted to know what going to prison was like.
Corporal punishment falls far more
Corporal punishment falls far more heavily than most weighty pecuniary penalty.
Self is the only prison that can bind
Self is the only prison that can bind the soul.
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.
The severest justice may not always be
The severest justice may not always be the best policy.
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.
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law.
