One crime has to be concealed by
One crime has to be concealed by another.
If you strike at, imprison, or kill us,
If you strike at, imprison, or kill us, out of our prisons or graves we will still evoke a spirit that will thwart you, and perhaps, raise a force that will destroy you! We defy you! Do your worst!
As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more
As we grow in wisdom, we pardon more freely.
Assassination is the extreme form of
Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.
Probably the only place where a man can
Probably the only place where a man can feel really secure is in a maximum security prison, except for the imminent threat of release.
The degree of civilization in a society
The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.
No obligation to justice does force a
No obligation to justice does force a man to be cruel, or to use the sharpest sentence.
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.
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.
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.
I existed in a world that never is - the
I existed in a world that never is - the prison of the mind.
We judge ourselves by what we feel
We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.
It is the spirit and not the form of law
It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
They're not supposed to show prison
They're not supposed to show prison films in prison. Especially ones that are about escaping.
Money will determine whether the accused
Money will determine whether the accused goes to prison or walks out of the courtroom a free man.
Punishment, that is the justice for the
Punishment, that is the justice for the unjust.
Concepts of justice must have hands and
Concepts of justice must have hands and feet to carry out justice in every case in the shortest possible time and the lowest possible cost. That is the challenge to every lawyer and judge in America.
Reality becomes a prison to those who
Reality becomes a prison to those who can’t get out of it.
The most anxious man in a prison is the
The most anxious man in a prison is the governor.
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.
Prison, dungeons, blessed places where
Prison, dungeons, blessed places where evil is impossible because they are the crossroads of all the evil in the world. One cannot commit evil in hell.
The English laws punish vice; the
The English laws punish vice; the Chinese laws do more, they reward virtue.
The thoughts of a prisoner - they're not
The thoughts of a prisoner - they're not free either. They keep returning to the same things.
Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of
Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of prison stronger.
