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.
Do not lay on the multitude the blame
Do not lay on the multitude the blame that is due to a few.
They were being driven to a prison,
They were being driven to a prison, through no fault of their own, in all probability for life. In comparison, how much easier it would be to walk to the gallows than to this tomb of living horrors!
He had drawn many a thousand of these
He had drawn many a thousand of these rations in prisons and camps, and though he'd never had an opportunity to weight them on scales, and although, being a man of timid nature, he knew no way of standing up for his rights, he, like every other prisoner, had discovered long ago that honest weight was never to be found in the bread-cutting. There was short weight in every ration. The only point was how short. So every day you took a look to soothe your soul - today, maybe, they haven't snitched any.
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.
Hard cases, it is said, make bad law.
Hard cases, it is said, make bad law.
The world itself is but a large prison,
The world itself is but a large prison, out of which some are daily led to execution.
There's no greater threat to our
There's no greater threat to our independence, to our cherished freedoms and personal liberties than the continual, relentless injection of these insidious poisons into our system. We must decide whether we cherish independence from drugs, without which there is no freedom.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
A pedestal is as much a prison as any
A pedestal is as much a prison as any small, confined space.
Three hundred years ago a prisoner
Three hundred years ago a prisoner condemned to the Tower of London carved on the wall of his cell this sentiment to keep up his spirits during his long imprisonment: “It is not adversity that kills, but the impatience with which we bear adversity.”
He who does not prevent a crime when he
He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.
They're not supposed to show prison
They're not supposed to show prison films in prison. Especially ones that are about escaping.
I just remember that disturbing feeling
I just remember that disturbing feeling of walking into that prison, the complete loss of privacy, the complete loss of stimulation, dignity.
The only real prison is fear, and the
The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear.
We are prisoners of ideas.
We are prisoners of ideas.
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.
One should respect public opinion
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.
I sometimes wish that people would put a
I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement.
One crime is everything; two nothing.
One crime is everything; two nothing.
Most people fancy themselves innocent of
The law does not pretend to punish
The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.
Laws do not persuade just because they
Laws do not persuade just because they threaten.
A Sunday school is a prison in which
A Sunday school is a prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their parents.
The severest justice may not always be
The severest justice may not always be the best policy.
