Assassination is the extreme form of
Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.
We shall fight against them, throw them
We shall fight against them, throw them in prisons and destroy them.
The thoughts of a prisoner - they're not
The thoughts of a prisoner - they're not free either. They keep returning to the same things.
It is better that ten guilty persons
It is better that ten guilty persons escape, than that one innocent suffer.
No written law has been more binding
No written law has been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion.
In prison, you get the chance to see who
In prison, you get the chance to see who really loves you.
Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of
Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of prison stronger.
Every instance of a man's suffering the
Every instance of a man's suffering the penalty of the law is an instance of the failure of that penalty in effecting its purpose, which is to deter.
Some laws of state aimed at curbing
Some laws of state aimed at curbing crime are even more criminal.
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.
When it comes to freedom, we are but
When it comes to freedom, we are but prisoners of our own desires.
The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law.
I have never been contained except I
I have never been contained except I made the prison.
There are dreadful punishments enacted
There are dreadful punishments enacted against thieves; but it were much better to make such good provisions, by which every man might be put in a method how to live, and so to be preserved from the fatal necessity of stealing and dying for it.
I can work for the Lord in or out of
I can work for the Lord in or out of prison.
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.
I existed in a world that never is - the
I existed in a world that never is - the prison of the mind.
It becomes not a law-maker to be a
It becomes not a law-maker to be a law-breaker.
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.
Virtue pardons the wicked, as the
Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.
Prisons don't rehabilitate, they don't
Prisons don't rehabilitate, they don't punish, they don't protect, so what the hell do they do?
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 know not whether laws be right, or
I know not whether laws be right, or whether laws be wrong; All that we know who lie in gaol is that the wall is strong; And that each day is like a year, a year whose days are long.
Well, I don't think prisons are the
Well, I don't think prisons are the answer to everything, obviously.
