The most anxious man in a prison is the
The most anxious man in a prison is the governor.
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
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.
One crime has to be concealed by
One crime has to be concealed by another.
Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of
Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of prison stronger.
If you want total security, go to
If you want total security, go to prison. There you’re fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking…is freedom.
If punishment reaches not the mind and
If punishment reaches not the mind and makes not the will supple, it hardens the offender.
You utter a vow, or forge a signature,
You utter a vow, or forge a signature, and you may find yourself bound for life to a monastery, a woman, or prison.
Self is the only prison that can bind
Self is the only prison that can bind the soul.
I know how men in exile feed on dreams
I know how men in exile feed on dreams of hope.
It becomes not a law-maker to be a
It becomes not a law-maker to be a law-breaker.
Crime succeeds by sudden despatch;
Crime succeeds by sudden despatch; honest counsels gain vigor by delay.
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenseless!
Do not lay on the multitude the blame
Do not lay on the multitude the blame that is due to a few.
It is the deed that teaches, not the
It is the deed that teaches, not the name we give it. Murder and capital punishment are not opposites that cancel one another, but similars that breed their own kind.
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.
In my country we go to prison first and
In my country we go to prison first and then become President.
A sick person is a prisoner.
A sick person is a prisoner.
Shyness is the prison of the heart.
Shyness is the prison of the heart.
It is certain that the study of human
It is certain that the study of human psychology, if it were undertaken exclusively in prisons, would also lead to misrepresentation and absurd generalizations.
Whatever you think of de Sade, he was a
Whatever you think of de Sade, he was a complex figure and we should not look for easy answers with him. He was, strangely perhaps, against the death penalty, and he was never put in prison for murders or anything like that.
The reformative effect of punishment is
The reformative effect of punishment is a belief that dies hard, chiefly I think, because it is so satisfying to our sadistic impulses.
Society has used the juvenile courts to
Society has used the juvenile courts to create a caste system where there are throw-away people.
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
The only difference between me and my
The only difference between me and my fellow actors is that I've spent more time in jail.
