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!
The virtue of justice consists in
The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.
Why would anyone expect him to come out
Why would anyone expect him to come out smarter? He went to prison for three years, not Princeton.
I have never been contained except I
I have never been contained except I made the prison.
Justice renders to every one his due.
Justice renders to every one his due.
Experts and the educated elite have
Experts and the educated elite have replaced what worked with what sounded good. Society was far more civilized before they took over our schools, prisons, welfare programs, police departments and courts. It's high time we ran these people out of our lives and went back to common sense.
Federal prison, if you get any of it,
Federal prison, if you get any of it, you're going to have to do 85% of it. And the reason why I called it that is because I had a friend who got sent to the federal joint and his whole... it wasn't about him being in jail. He cried about the 85%.
In a civilized society, all crimes are
In a civilized society, all crimes are likely to be sins, but most sins are not and ought not to be treated as crimes.
Most people fancy themselves innocent of
Prison makes you a better judge of
Prison makes you a better judge of character. You pick up on people much faster.
To seek the redress of grievances by
To seek the redress of grievances by going to law, is like sheep running for shelter to a bramble bush.
In prisons, those things withheld from
In prisons, those things withheld from and denied to the prisoner become precisely what he wants most of all.
Nor stony tower, nor walls of beaten
Nor stony tower, nor walls of beaten brass, Nor airless dungeon, nor strong links of iron, Can be retentive to the strength of spirit; But life, being weary of these worldly bars, Never lacks power to dismiss itself.
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.
While crime is punished it yet
While crime is punished it yet increases.
While we have prisons it matters little
While we have prisons it matters little which of us occupy the cells.
They're not supposed to show prison
They're not supposed to show prison films in prison. Especially ones that are about escaping.
To my mind, to kill in war is not a whit
To my mind, to kill in war is not a whit better than to commit ordinary murder.
It is impossible to go through life
It is impossible to go through life without trust: That is to be imprisoned in the worst cell of all, oneself.
Society has used the juvenile courts to
Society has used the juvenile courts to create a caste system where there are throw-away people.
One crime has to be concealed by
One crime has to be concealed by another.
If you share the crime of your friend,
If you share the crime of your friend, you make it your own.
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.
The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
A variety in punishment is of utility,
A variety in punishment is of utility, as well as a proportion.
