Crimes lead one into another; they who
Crimes lead one into another; they who are capable of being forgers are capable of being incendiaries.
Liberty is rendered even more precious
Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.
Well, I don't think prisons are the
Well, I don't think prisons are the answer to everything, obviously.
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.
How dreadful it is when the right judge
How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong.
Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of
Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of prison stronger.
I don't like being famous - it is like a
I don't like being famous - it is like a prison. And driving for Ferrari would make it far worse.
Taught from infancy that beauty is
Taught from infancy that beauty is woman's sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison.
The public have more interest in the
The public have more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
The world is a prison in which solitary
The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable.
You stuff somebody into the American
You stuff somebody into the American dream, and it becomes a prison.
I have been studying how I may compare
I have been studying how I may compare This prison where I live unto the world; And, for because the world is populous, And here is not a creature but myself, I cannot do it. Yet I'll hammer it out.
In the halls of justice, the only
In the halls of justice, the only justice is in the halls.
To my mind, to kill in war is not a whit
To my mind, to kill in war is not a whit better than to commit ordinary murder.
Whatever is worthy to be loved for
Whatever is worthy to be loved for anything is worthy of preservation. A wise and dispassionate legislator, if any such should ever arise among men, will not condemn to death him who has done or is likely to do more service than injury to society. Blocks and gibbets are the nearest objects with legislators, and their business is never with hopes or with virtues.
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.
It isn't true that convicts live like
It isn't true that convicts live like animals: animals have more room to move around.
In prison, you get the chance to see who
In prison, you get the chance to see who really loves you.
He who does not prevent a crime when he
He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.
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.
It is better that ten guilty persons
It is better that ten guilty persons escape, than that one innocent suffer.
The English laws punish vice; the
The English laws punish vice; the Chinese laws do more, they reward virtue.
Crimes lead one into another; they who
Crimes lead one into another; they who are capable of being forgers are capable of being incendiaries.
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.
The worst of prison life, he thought,
The worst of prison life, he thought, was not being able to close his door.
