In prisons, those things withheld from
In prisons, those things withheld from and denied to the prisoner become precisely what he wants most of all.
Why would anyone expect him to come out
Why would anyone expect him to come out smarter? He went to prison for three years, not Princeton.
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.
We shall fight against them, throw them
We shall fight against them, throw them in prisons and destroy them.
No matter how you seem to fatten on a
No matter how you seem to fatten on a crime, that can never be good for the bee which is bad for the hive.
Civilization is maintained by a very few
Civilization is maintained by a very few people in a small number of places and we need only some bombs and a few prisons to blot it out altogether.
The degree of civilization in a society
The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.
Money will determine whether the accused
Money will determine whether the accused goes to prison or walks out of the courtroom a free man.
The difference between tax avoidance and
The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison walls.
Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners
Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts.
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenseless!
Hard cases, it is said, make bad law.
Hard cases, it is said, make bad law.
If you share the crime of your friend,
If you share the crime of your friend, you make it your own.
To make punishments efficacious, two
To make punishments efficacious, two things are necessary. They must never be disproportioned to the offence, and they must be certain.
I know how men in exile feed on dreams
I know how men in exile feed on dreams of hope.
Vices are not crimes.
Vices are not crimes.
Show me the prison, Show me the jail,
Show me the prison, Show me the jail, Show me the prisoner whose life has gone stale. And I'll show you a young man with so many reasons why And there, but for fortune, go you or I.
Our task must be to free ourselves from
Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.
I have paid no poll-tax for six years. I
I have paid no poll-tax for six years. I was put into a jail once on this account, for one night; and, as I stood considering the walls of solid stone, I could not help being struck with the foolishness of that institution which treated me as if I were mere flesh and blood and bones, to be locked up...I saw that, if there was a wall of stone between me and my townsmen, there was a still more difficult one to climb or break through, before they could get to be as free as I was. I did not for a moment feel confined, and the walls seemed a great waste of stone and mortar.
The object of punishment is prevention
The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
To trial bring her stolen charms, and
To trial bring her stolen charms, and let her prison be my arms.
It is safer that a bad man should not be
It is safer that a bad man should not be accused, than that he should be acquitted.
It is the spirit and not the form of law
It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
Fast closed with double grills
Fast closed with double grills
And triple gates – the cell
To wicked souls is hell;
But to a mind that's innocent
'Tis only iron, wood and stone.
We're in a war. People who blast some
We're in a war. People who blast some pot on a casual basis are guilty of treason.
