One of the many lessons that one learns
One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what they are and will be what they will be.
The worst prison is not of stone. It is
The worst prison is not of stone. It is of a throbbing heart, outraged by an infamous life.
Pardon is the virtue of victory.
Pardon is the virtue of victory.
Man is condemned to be free.
Man is condemned to be free.
I don't like jail, they got the wrong
I don't like jail, they got the wrong kind of bars in there.
We have our own system, ... and
We have our own system, ... and journalists in our system are not put in prison for embarrassing the government by revealing things the government might not wish to have revealed. The important thing is that our system, under which journalists can write without fear or favor, should continue.
Prison makes you a better judge of
Prison makes you a better judge of character. You pick up on people much faster.
It becomes not a law-maker to be a
It becomes not a law-maker to be a law-breaker.
When it comes to freedom, we are but
When it comes to freedom, we are but prisoners of our own desires.
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.
Money will determine whether the accused
Money will determine whether the accused goes to prison or walks out of the courtroom a free man.
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.
If you want total security, go to
If you want total security, go to prison. There you’re fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking…is freedom.
Justice is justice though it's always
Justice is justice though it's always delayed and finally done only by mistake.
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can
To be at peace in crime! Ah, who can thus flatter himself.
Two men look out the same prison bars;
Two men look out the same prison bars; one sees mud and the other stars.
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.
Corporal punishment falls far more
Corporal punishment falls far more heavily than most weighty pecuniary penalty.
I can tell you this on a stack of
I can tell you this on a stack of Bibles: prisons are archaic, brutal, unregenerative, overcrowded hell holes where the inmates are treated like animals with absolutely not one humane thought given to what they are going to do once they are released. You're an animal in a cage and you're treated like one.
Crime is a logical extension of the sort
Crime is a logical extension of the sort of behavior that often [is] considered perfectly respectable in legitimate business.
The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
Justice renders to every one his due.
Justice renders to every one his due.
The number of laws is constantly growing
The number of laws is constantly growing in all countries and, owing to this, what is called crime is very often not a crime at all, for it contains no element of violence or harm.
Once we are destined to live out our
Once we are destined to live out our lives in the prison of our mind, our duty is to furnish it well.
While crime is punished it yet
While crime is punished it yet increases.
