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.
The only difference between me and my
The only difference between me and my fellow actors is that I've spent more time in jail.
I sometimes wish that people would put a
I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement.
Our task must be to free ourselves from
Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.
I wrote a million words in the first
I wrote a million words in the first year, and I could never have done that outside of prison.
It is safer that a bad man should not be
It is safer that a bad man should not be accused, than that he should be acquitted.
Forgiveness, that noblest of all
Forgiveness, that noblest of all self-denial, is a virtue which he alone who can practise in himself can willingly believe in another.
Adversities such as being homeless and
Adversities such as being homeless and going to prison has made many people stronger.
The law does not pretend to punish
The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.
The power of punishment is to silence,
The power of punishment is to silence, not to confute.
He was a first-time nonviolent possible
He was a first-time nonviolent possible offender, ... And under the mandatory minimums, he was put in prison for 15 years. Not only does the punishment not fit the crime, but the mandatory minimums don't give judges any discretion to look at the background of the case, to read into the specifics of the case. I don't know a judge who really is in favor of the mandatory minimums.
He who opens a school door, closes a
He who opens a school door, closes a prison.
Hard cases, it is said, make bad law.
Hard cases, it is said, make bad law.
Assassination is the extreme form of
Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.
Women have worked hard; starved in
Women have worked hard; starved in prison; given of their time and lives that we might sit in the House of Commons and take part in the legislating of this country.
If punishment reaches not the mind and
If punishment reaches not the mind and makes not the will supple, it hardens the offender.
Virtue pardons the wicked, as the
Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.
Fast closed with double grills
Fast closed with double grills
And triple gates – the cell
To wicked souls is hell;
But to a mind that's innocent
'Tis only iron, wood and stone.
Punishment, that is the justice for the
Punishment, that is the justice for the unjust.
It is certain that the study of human
It is certain that the study of human psychology, if it were undertaken exclusively in prisons, would also lead to misrepresentation and absurd generalizations.
Here the great art lies, to discern in
Here the great art lies, to discern in what the law is to be to restraint and punishment, and in what things persuasion only is to work.
You stuff somebody into the American
You stuff somebody into the American dream, and it becomes a prison.
How dreadful it is when the right judge
How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong.
One crime has to be concealed by
One crime has to be concealed by another.
We shall fight against them, throw them
We shall fight against them, throw them in prisons and destroy them.
