The mellow sweetness of pumpkin pie off
The mellow sweetness of pumpkin pie off a prison spoon is something you will never forget.
Show me the prison, Show me the jail,
Show me the prison, Show me the jail, Show me the prisoner whose life has gone stale. And I'll show you a young man with so many reasons why And there, but for fortune, go you or I.
While we have prisons it matters little
While we have prisons it matters little which of us occupy the cells.
He had drawn many a thousand of these
He had drawn many a thousand of these rations in prisons and camps, and though he'd never had an opportunity to weight them on scales, and although, being a man of timid nature, he knew no way of standing up for his rights, he, like every other prisoner, had discovered long ago that honest weight was never to be found in the bread-cutting. There was short weight in every ration. The only point was how short. So every day you took a look to soothe your soul - today, maybe, they haven't snitched any.
The public have more interest in the
The public have more interest in the punishment of an injury than he who receives it.
Women have worked hard; starved in
Women have worked hard; starved in prison; given of their time and lives that we might sit in the House of Commons and take part in the legislating of this country.
What restrains us from killing is partly
What restrains us from killing is partly fear of punishment, partly moral scruple, and partly what may be described as a sense of humor.
Well does Heaven have care that no man
Well does Heaven have care that no man secures happiness by crime.
Wherever any one is against his will,
Wherever any one is against his will, that is to him a prison.
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 have never been contained except I
I have never been contained except I made the prison.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
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.
Nothing can be more abhorrent to
Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him in prison because he is unpopular. This is really the test of civilization.
In my country we go to prison first and
In my country we go to prison first and then become President.
The law does not pretend to punish
The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.
He who opens a school door, closes a
He who opens a school door, closes a prison.
The best situation of all, and one
The best situation of all, and one frequently utilized, is for jails and prisons to allow volunteer ministers of all faiths to enter prisons and offer their services to the inmates who want them. That way, the religious needs of inmates are met but without government funds being spent.
It becomes not a law-maker to be a
It becomes not a law-maker to be a law-breaker.
We shall fight against them, throw them
We shall fight against them, throw them in prisons and destroy them.
Crimes generally punish themselves.
Crimes generally punish themselves.
The English laws punish vice; the
The English laws punish vice; the Chinese laws do more, they reward virtue.
Reality becomes a prison to those who
Reality becomes a prison to those who can’t get out of it.
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.
No obligation to justice does force a
No obligation to justice does force a man to be cruel, or to use the sharpest sentence.
