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.
Assassination is the extreme form of
Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.
Justice is justice though it's always
Justice is justice though it's always delayed and finally done only by mistake.
To be in prison so long, it's difficult
To be in prison so long, it's difficult to remember exactly what you did to get there.
If you share the crime of your friend,
If you share the crime of your friend, you make it your own.
The world is a prison in which solitary
The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable.
The torment of human frustration,
The torment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and 'mangled mind' leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.
I asked a man in prison once how he
I asked a man in prison once how he happened to be there and he said he had stolen a pair of shoes. I told him if he had stolen a railroad he would be a United States Senator.
Those magistrates who can prevent crime,
Those magistrates who can prevent crime, and do not, in effect encourage it.
Two men look out the same prison bars;
Two men look out the same prison bars; one sees mud and the other stars.
There is no peace because the making of
There is no peace because the making of peace is at least as costly as the making of war - at least as exigent, at least as disruptive, at least as liable to bring disgrace and prison and death in its wake.
Self is the only prison that can bind
Self is the only prison that can bind the soul.
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.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
Hanging was the worst use a man could be
Hanging was the worst use a man could be put to.
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.
Governments have tried to stop crime
Governments have tried to stop crime through punishment throughout the ages, but crime continued in the past punishment remains. Crime can only be stopped through a preventive approach in the schools. You teach the students Transcendental Meditation, and right away they’ll begin using their full brain physiology sensible and they will not get sidetracked into wrong things.
There's no greater threat to our
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.
No crime has been without a precedent.
No crime has been without a precedent.
Crimes lead one into another; they who
Crimes lead one into another; they who are capable of being forgers are capable of being incendiaries.
He who opens a school door, closes a
He who opens a school door, closes a prison.
Crime succeeds by sudden despatch;
Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
Wicked deeds are generally done, even
Wicked deeds are generally done, even with impunity, for the mere desire of occupation.
When it comes to freedom, we are but
When it comes to freedom, we are but prisoners of our own desires.
The punishment can be remitted; the
The punishment can be remitted; the crime is everlasting.
