Federal prison, if you get any of it,
Federal prison, if you get any of it, you're going to have to do 85% of it. And the reason why I called it that is because I had a friend who got sent to the federal joint and his whole... it wasn't about him being in jail. He cried about the 85%.
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.
Wherever any one is against his will,
Wherever any one is against his will, that is to him a prison.
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.
A variety in punishment is of utility,
A variety in punishment is of utility, as well as a proportion.
It is better that ten guilty persons
It is better that ten guilty persons escape, than that one innocent suffer.
He who does not prevent a crime when he
He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.
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.
In prison, you get the chance to see who
In prison, you get the chance to see who really loves you.
The idea that the sole aim of punishment
The idea that the sole aim of punishment is to prevent crime is obviously grounded upon the theory that crime can be prevented, which is almost as dubious as the notion that poverty can be prevented.
The perfection of a thing consists in
The perfection of a thing consists in its essence; there are perfect criminals, as there are men of perfect probity.
When I was in prison, I was wrapped up
When I was in prison, I was wrapped up in all those deep books. That Tolstoy crap - people shouldn't read that stuff.
No written law has been more binding
No written law has been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion.
A sick person is a prisoner.
A sick person is a prisoner.
Laws do not persuade just because they
Laws do not persuade just because they threaten.
Man is condemned to be free.
Man is condemned to be free.
We shall not yield to violence. We shall
We shall not yield to violence. We shall not be deprived of union freedoms. We shall never agree with sending people to prison for their convictions.
We who live in prison, and in whose
We who live in prison, and in whose lives there is no event but sorrow, have to measure time by throbs of pain, and the record of bitter moments.
Two men look out the same prison bars;
Two men look out the same prison bars; one sees mud and the other stars.
The power of punishment is to silence,
The power of punishment is to silence, not to confute.
Assassination is the extreme form of
Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.
We are prisoners of ideas.
We are prisoners of ideas.
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.
To my mind, to kill in war is not a whit
To my mind, to kill in war is not a whit better than to commit ordinary murder.
Body is a home, a prison and a grave.
Body is a home, a prison and a grave.
