Quotes

I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement.

When it comes to freedom, we are but prisoners of our own desires.

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!

If we look at Houston, which is a very environmentally toxic place, we find that it has one of the highest levels of young men going to prison and also among the highest levels of illiteracy in the country.

Wherever any one is against his will, that is to him a prison.

The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.

We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.

When is conduct a crime, and when is a crime not a crime? When Somebody Up There -- a monarch, a dictator, a Pope, a legislator -- so decrees.

Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.

Corporal punishment falls far more heavily than most weighty pecuniary penalty.

Every crime has, in the moment of its perpetration, Its own avenging angel--dark misgiving, An ominous sinking at the inmost heart.

I wrote a million words in the first year, and I could never have done that outside of prison.

When the Nazis came for the communists, I remained silent; I was not a communist. When they locked up the social democrats, I remained silent; I was not a social democrat. When they came for the trade unionists, I did not speak out; I was not a trade unionist. When they came for me, there was no one left to speak out.

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.

To seek the redress of grievances by going to law, is like sheep running for shelter to a bramble bush.

To trial bring her stolen charms, and let her prison be my arms.

Oh who is that young sinner with the handcuffs on his wrist? And what has he been after that they groan and shake their fists? And wherefore is he wearing such a conscience-stricken air? Oh they're taking him to prison for the colour of his hair.

You utter a vow, or forge a signature, and you may find yourself bound for life to a monastery, a woman, or prison.

There are only two places in the world where time takes precedence over the job to be done. School and prison.

One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny.

The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.

It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.

The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor.

While we have prisons it matters little which of us occupy the cells.