The virtue of justice consists in
The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.
Prison continues, on those who are
Prison continues, on those who are entrusted to it, a work begun elsewhere, which the whole of society pursues on each individual through innumerable mechanisms of discipline.
Liberty is rendered even more precious
Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.
To trial bring her stolen charms, and
To trial bring her stolen charms, and let her prison be my arms.
Society has used the juvenile courts to
Society has used the juvenile courts to create a caste system where there are throw-away people.
It was only when I lay there on the
It was only when I lay there on the rotting prison straw that I sensed within myself the first stirrings of good. Gradually it was disclosed to me that the line separating good and evil passes not between states nor between social classes nor between political parties, but right through every human heart, through all human hearts. And that is why I turn back to the years of my imprisonment and say, sometimes to the astonishment of those about me, bless you, prison, for having been a part of my life.
We have our own system, ... and
We have our own system, ... and journalists in our system are not put in prison for embarrassing the government by revealing things the government might not wish to have revealed. The important thing is that our system, under which journalists can write without fear or favor, should continue.
I wrote a million words in the first
I wrote a million words in the first year, and I could never have done that outside of prison.
One crime has to be concealed by
One crime has to be concealed by another.
There is a point at which even justice
There is a point at which even justice does injury.
We are prisoners of ideas.
We are prisoners of ideas.
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.
On a planet that increasingly resembles
On a planet that increasingly resembles one huge Maximum Security prison, the only intelligent choice is to plan a jail break.
In my country we go to prison first and
In my country we go to prison first and then become President.
Let us remember that justice must be
Let us remember that justice must be observed even to the lowest.
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 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.
Organized crime in America takes in over
Organized crime in America takes in over forty billion dollars a year. This is quite a profitable sum, especially when one considers that the Mafia spends very little for office supplies.
Justice is that virtue of the soul which
Justice is that virtue of the soul which is distributive according to desert.
He who profits by a crime commits it.
He who profits by a crime commits it.
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.
The most anxious man in a prison is the
The most anxious man in a prison is the governor.
The world is a prison in which solitary
The world is a prison in which solitary confinement is preferable.
If you want total security, go to
If you want total security, go to prison. There you’re fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking…is freedom.
Definition, rationality, and structure
Definition, rationality, and structure are ways of seeing, but they become prisons when they blank out other ways of seeing.