We who live in prison, and in whose
We who live in prison, and in whose lives there is no event but sorrow, have to measure time by throbs of pain, and the record of bitter moments.
The difference between tax avoidance and
The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison walls.
Overlook our deeds, since you know that
Overlook our deeds, since you know that crime was absent from our inclination.
It isn't true that convicts live like
It isn't true that convicts live like animals: animals have more room to move around.
The virtue of justice consists in
The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.
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.
Definition, rationality, and structure
Definition, rationality, and structure are ways of seeing, but they become prisons when they blank out other ways of seeing.
We shall fight against them, throw them
We shall fight against them, throw them in prisons and destroy them.
America is the land of the second chance
America is the land of the second chance – and when the gates of the prison open, the path ahead should lead to a better life.
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.
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.
Let us remember that justice must be
Let us remember that justice must be observed even to the lowest.
Distrust all in whom the impulse to
Distrust all in whom the impulse to punish is powerful.
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.
Hard cases, it is said, make bad law.
Hard cases, it is said, make bad law.
Crimes lead one into another; they who
Crimes lead one into another; they who are capable of being forgers are capable of being incendiaries.
It is the spirit and not the form of law
It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
When is conduct a crime, and when is a
When is conduct a crime, and when is a crime not a crime? When Somebody Up There -- a monarch, a dictator, a Pope, a legislator -- so decrees.
How dreadful it is when the right judge
How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong.
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.
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.
I asked a man in prison once how he
I asked a man in prison once how he happened to be there and he said he had stolen a pair of shoes. I told him if he had stolen a railroad he would be a United States Senator.
To make punishments efficacious, two
To make punishments efficacious, two things are necessary. They must never be disproportioned to the offence, and they must be certain.
I can work for the Lord in or out of
I can work for the Lord in or out of prison.
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.
