Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners
Only free men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts.
When the Nazis came for the communists,
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.
When you are younger you get blamed for
When you are younger you get blamed for crimes you never committed and when you're older you begin to get credit for virtues you never possessed. It evens itself out.
Wherever any one is against his will,
Wherever any one is against his will, that is to him a prison.
Wicked deeds are generally done, even
Wicked deeds are generally done, even with impunity, for the mere desire of occupation.
Justice renders to every one his due.
Justice renders to every one his due.
There is no greater punishment of
There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule
Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law.
The thoughts of a prisoner - they're not
The thoughts of a prisoner - they're not free either. They keep returning to the same things.
The common argument that crime is caused
The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor.
Man is condemned to be free.
Man is condemned to be free.
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.
Shyness is the prison of the heart.
Shyness is the prison of the heart.
The only real prison is fear, and the
The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear.
The English laws punish vice; the
The English laws punish vice; the Chinese laws do more, they reward virtue.
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.
Before we can diminish our sufferings
Before we can diminish our sufferings from the ill-controlled aggressive assaults of fellow citizens, we must renounce the philosophy of punishment, the obsolete, vengeful penal attitude. In its place we would seek a comprehensive, constructive social attitude - therapeutic in some instances, restraining in some instances, but preventive in its total social impact. In the last analysis this becomes a question of personal morals and values. No matter how glorified or how piously disguised, vengeance as a human motive must be personally repudiated by each and every one of us.
A just chastisement may benefit a man,
A just chastisement may benefit a man, though it seldom does; but an unjust one changes all his blood to gall.
In prison, you get the chance to see who
In prison, you get the chance to see who really loves you.
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only
Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
When I was in prison, I was wrapped up
When I was in prison, I was wrapped up in all those deep books. That Tolstoy crap - people shouldn't read that stuff.
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.
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenseless!
Probably the only place where a man can
Probably the only place where a man can feel really secure is in a maximum security prison, except for the imminent threat of release.
Any punishment that does not correct,
Any punishment that does not correct, that can merely rouse rebellion in whoever has to endure it, is a piece of gratuitous infamy which makes those who impose it more guilty in the eyes of humanity, good sense and reason, nay a hundred times more guilty than the victim on whom the punishment is inflicted.
