Fear can be like a prison. It is,
Fear can be like a prison. It is, however, a self made prison. Many are imprisoned by fear. No one else can liberate them from this prison. Others may inspire them but they must liberate themselves.
I was put into jail as I was going to
I was put into jail as I was going to the shoemaker's to get a shoe which was mended. When I was let out the next morning, I proceeded to finish my errand, and, having put on my mended shoe, joined a huckleberry party, who were impatient to put themselves under my conduct; and in half an hour -- for the horse was soon tackled -- was in the midst of a huckleberry field, on one of our highest hills, two miles off, and then the State was nowhere to be seen.
The English laws punish vice; the
The English laws punish vice; the Chinese laws do more, they reward virtue.
It is more dangerous that even a guilty
It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms of law than that he should escape.
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.
The perfection of a thing consists in
The perfection of a thing consists in its essence; there are perfect criminals, as there are men of perfect probity.
The power of punishment is to silence,
The power of punishment is to silence, not to confute.
Justice is justice though it's always
Justice is justice though it's always delayed and finally done only by mistake.
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
Assassination is the extreme form of
Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.
I am an expert of electricity. My father
I am an expert of electricity. My father occupied the chair of applied electricity at the state prison.
I never told a victim story about my
I never told a victim story about my imprisonment. Instead, I told a transformation story - about how prison changed my outlook, about how I saw that communication, truth, and trust are at the heart of power.
You stuff somebody into the American
You stuff somebody into the American dream, and it becomes a prison.
Overlook our deeds, since you know that
Overlook our deeds, since you know that crime was absent from our inclination.
While crime is punished it yet
While crime is punished it yet increases.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
Wicked deeds are generally done, even
Wicked deeds are generally done, even with impunity, for the mere desire of occupation.
He who opens a school door, closes a
He who opens a school door, closes a prison.
No man should be judge in his own case.
No man should be judge in his own case.
Justice is that virtue of the soul which
Justice is that virtue of the soul which is distributive according to desert.
Justice renders to every one his due.
Justice renders to every one his due.
If we were brought to trial for the
If we were brought to trial for the crimes we have committed against ourselves, few would escape the gallows.
The only real prison is fear, and the
The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear.
Those magistrates who can prevent crime,
Those magistrates who can prevent crime, and do not, in effect encourage it.
