The guilt of enforced crimes lies on
The guilt of enforced crimes lies on those who impose them.
Wherever any one is against his will,
Wherever any one is against his will, that is to him a prison.
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.
I just remember that disturbing feeling
I just remember that disturbing feeling of walking into that prison, the complete loss of privacy, the complete loss of stimulation, dignity.
Laws do not persuade just because they
Laws do not persuade just because they threaten.
I can work for the Lord in or out of
I can work for the Lord in or out of prison.
The world itself is but a large prison,
The world itself is but a large prison, out of which some are daily led to execution.
If we look at Houston, which is a very
If we look at Houston, which is a very environmentally toxic place, we find that it has one of the highest levels of young men going to prison and also among the highest levels of illiteracy in the country.
The worst of prison life, he thought,
The worst of prison life, he thought, was not being able to close his door.
History is full of people who went to
History is full of people who went to prison or were burned at the stake for proclaiming their ideas. Society has always defended itself.
When it comes to freedom, we are but
When it comes to freedom, we are but prisoners of our own desires.
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.
The only real prison is fear, and the
The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear.
They're not supposed to show prison
They're not supposed to show prison films in prison. Especially ones that are about escaping.
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.
Well does Heaven have care that no man
Well does Heaven have care that no man secures happiness by crime.
Man is condemned to be free.
Man is condemned to be free.
The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
The public have more interest in the
The public have more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
When is conduct a crime, and when is a
When is conduct a crime, and when is a crime not a crime? When Somebody Up There -- a monarch, a dictator, a Pope, a legislator -- so decrees.
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.
The only effect of public punishment is
The only effect of public punishment is to show the rabble how bravely it can be borne; and that every one who hath lost a toe-nail hath suffered worse.
Injustice anywhere is a threat to
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.
The most anxious man in a prison is the
The most anxious man in a prison is the governor.
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.
