To trial bring her stolen charms, and
To trial bring her stolen charms, and let her prison be my arms.
One man meets an infamous punishment for
One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem upon another.
Faults of the head are punished in this
Faults of the head are punished in this world, those of the heart in another; but as most of our vices are compound, so also is their punishment.
I was in prison, and you came unto me.
I was in prison, and you came unto me. Verily I say unto you, inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
~(Jesus Christ) Matthew 25:36, 40
Taught from infancy that beauty is
Taught from infancy that beauty is woman's sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison.
Women now have choices. They can be
Women now have choices. They can be married, not married, have a job, not have a job, be married with children, unmarried with children. Men have the same choice we've always had: work, or prison.
Prosecution I have managed to avoid; but
Prosecution I have managed to avoid; but I have been arrested, charged in a police court, have refused to be bound over, and thereupon have been unconditionally released - to my great regret; for I have always wanted to know what going to prison was like.
If you share the crime of your friend,
If you share the crime of your friend, you make it your own.
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.
We shall not yield to violence. We shall
We shall not yield to violence. We shall not be deprived of union freedoms. We shall never agree with sending people to prison for their convictions.
No man survives when freedom fails. The
No man survives when freedom fails. The best men rot in filthy jails, and those who cry 'appease, appease' are hanged by those they tried to please.
Liberty is rendered even more precious
Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.
I am certain that nothing has done so
I am certain that nothing has done so much to destroy the juridical safeguards of individual freedom as the striving after this mirage of social justice.
Assassination is the extreme form of
Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.
One crime is everything; two nothing.
One crime is everything; two nothing.
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.
The solution to our drug problem is not
The solution to our drug problem is not in incarceration.
And while God had work for Paul, he
And while God had work for Paul, he found him friends both in court and prison. Let persecutors send saints to prison, God can provide a keeper for their turn.
I existed in a world that never is - the
I existed in a world that never is - the prison of the mind.
A pedestal is as much a prison as any
A pedestal is as much a prison as any small, confined space.
I know how men in exile feed on dreams
I know how men in exile feed on dreams of hope.
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.
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law.
We're in a war. People who blast some
We're in a war. People who blast some pot on a casual basis are guilty of treason.
