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.
Some laws of state aimed at curbing
Some laws of state aimed at curbing crime are even more criminal.
Nor cell, nor chain, nor dungeon speaks
Nor cell, nor chain, nor dungeon speaks to the murderer like the voice of solitude.
A variety in punishment is of utility,
A variety in punishment is of utility, as well as a proportion.
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.
The degree of civilization in a society
The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.
The worst of prison life, he thought,
The worst of prison life, he thought, was not being able to close his door.
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.
He who does not prevent a crime when he
He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.
A man will be imprisoned in a room with
A man will be imprisoned in a room with a door that's unlocked and opens inwards, as long as it does not occur to him to pull rather than push.
A sick person is a prisoner.
A sick person is a prisoner.
One man meets an infamous punishment for
One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem upon another.
It is true you cannot eat freedom and
It is true you cannot eat freedom and you cannot power machinery with democracy. But then neither can political prisoners turn on the light in the cells of a dictatorship.
Shyness is the prison of the heart.
Shyness is the prison of the heart.
The only real prison is fear, and the
The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear.
I existed in a world that never is - the
I existed in a world that never is - the prison of the mind.
It was only when I lay there on the
It was only when I lay there on the rotting prison straw that I sensed within myself the first stirrings of good. Gradually it was disclosed to me that the line separating good and evil passes not between states nor between social classes nor between political parties, but right through every human heart, through all human hearts. And that is why I turn back to the years of my imprisonment and say, sometimes to the astonishment of those about me, bless you, prison, for having been a part of my life.
Clemency alone makes us equal to the
Clemency alone makes us equal to the gods.
Justice renders to every one his due.
Justice renders to every one his due.
If you share the crime of your friend,
If you share the crime of your friend, you make it your own.
Justice is justice though it's always
Justice is justice though it's always delayed and finally done only by mistake.
The common argument that crime is caused
The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor.
Kill a man, and you are an assassin.
Kill a man, and you are an assassin. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill everyone, and you are a God.
I don't like being famous - it is like a
I don't like being famous - it is like a prison. And driving for Ferrari would make it far worse.
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenseless!
