Self is the only prison that can bind
Self is the only prison that can bind the soul.
In my country we go to prison first and
In my country we go to prison first and then become President.
In prison, you get the chance to see who
In prison, you get the chance to see who really loves you.
Wicked deeds are generally done, even
Wicked deeds are generally done, even with impunity, for the mere desire of occupation.
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.
He was a first-time nonviolent possible
He was a first-time nonviolent possible offender, ... And under the mandatory minimums, he was put in prison for 15 years. Not only does the punishment not fit the crime, but the mandatory minimums don't give judges any discretion to look at the background of the case, to read into the specifics of the case. I don't know a judge who really is in favor of the mandatory minimums.
Man is born free, and everywhere he is
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
No crime has been without a precedent.
No crime has been without a precedent.
One crime has to be concealed by
One crime has to be concealed by another.
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
What is crime amongst the multitude, is
What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.
Two men look out the same prison bars;
Two men look out the same prison bars; one sees mud and the other stars.
Educate your children to self-control,
Educate your children to self-control, to the habit of holding passion and prejudice and evil tendencies to an upright and reasoning will, and you have done much to abolish misery from their future lives and crimes to society.
The punishment can be remitted; the
The punishment can be remitted; the crime is everlasting.
I have been studying how I may compare
I have been studying how I may compare this prison where I live unto the world; Shut up in the prison of their own consciences.
The worst of prison life, he thought,
The worst of prison life, he thought, was not being able to close his door.
A country is in a bad state, which is
A country is in a bad state, which is governed only by laws; because a thousand things occur for which laws cannot provide, and where authority ought to interpose.
Hard cases, it is said, make bad law.
Hard cases, it is said, make bad law.
There is no greater punishment of
There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
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?
Every crime has, in the moment of its
Every crime has, in the moment of its perpetration, Its own avenging angel--dark misgiving, An ominous sinking at the inmost heart.
Well, I don't think prisons are the
Well, I don't think prisons are the answer to everything, obviously.
We judge ourselves by what we feel
We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.
Governments have tried to stop crime
Governments have tried to stop crime through punishment throughout the ages, but crime continued in the past punishment remains. Crime can only be stopped through a preventive approach in the schools. You teach the students Transcendental Meditation, and right away they’ll begin using their full brain physiology sensible and they will not get sidetracked into wrong things.
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenseless!
