We have not ended racial caste in America; we have merely redesigned it — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
Two million felons have tried to buy a gun and, because of the background check, have been denied. — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
Once you have been branded a criminal or felon, you are typically trapped for life. — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
Man, it was a good thing vampires didn't get cancer. Lately he'd been chain-smoking like a felon. — J.R. Ward Copy Share Image
There are more African Americans under correctional control, in prison or jail, on probation or parole, than were enslaved in 1850 a… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
If a person who indulges in gluttony is a glutton, and a person who commits a felony is a felon, then God… — Spider Robinson Copy Share Image
I for one don't want to be ranked among idiots, felons, and minors any longer, for I am none of them. — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Your thief looks Exactly like the rest, or rather better; 'Tis only at the bar, and in the dungeon, That wise men… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
Regardless of the nature of their crime or any rehabilitation that may have occurred, these ex-felons cannot participate in the decision-making process… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Most convicted felons are just people who were not taken to museums or Broadway musicals as children.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When a felon s not engaged in his employment, Or maturing his felonious little plans, His capacity for innocent enjoyment Is just… — W. S. Gilbert Copy Share Image
If a felon attacks you and lives, he will reasonably conclude that he can do it again. By submitting to him, you… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
A few years ago we colonised this place with some of our finest felons, thieves, muggers, alcoholics and prostitutes, a strain of… — Ian Wooldridge Copy Share Image
The bottom line is if the president [Barack Obama] really wants to keep guns out of the hands of criminals, maybe his… — Katie Pavlich Copy Share Image
If violent crime is to be curbed, it is only the intended victim who can do it. The felon does not fear… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
Michelle Alexander's brave and bold new book paints a haunting picture in which dreary felon garb, post-prison joblessness, and loss of voting… — Lani Guinier Copy Share Image
I have just been condemned, not to a shameful death, which can only apply to felons, but rather to finding your brother… — Marie Antoinette Copy Share Image
Butler is branded a felon, an outlaw, an enemy of Mankind, and so ordered that in the event of his capture, the… — Jefferson Davis Copy Share Image
English law in 1572 decreed that beggars above 14 years of age are to be severely flogged and branded on the left… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
We still leave unblotted in the leaves of our statute book, for the reverence and admiration of successive ages, the just and… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
According to the National Crime Survey administered by the Bureau of the Census and the National Institute of Justice, it was found… — Gary Kleck Copy Share Image
Today there are more African-Americans under correctional control — in prison or jail, on probation or parole — than were enslaved in… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
Once you're labeled a felon, the old forms of discrimination - employment discrimination, housing discrimination, denial of the right to vote, denial… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
For those who say that the war on drugs and the system of mass incarceration really isn't about race, I say there… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
Every time we sign a treaty with another country, the treaty (should) include prisoner transfer provisions… Under these provisions, the country in… — Kathleen Brown Copy Share Image
In language that is searing and lyrical, evocative and precise, this exceptional book thinks with the zombies, specters, felons, slaves, dogs, cadavers,… — Donna J. Haraway Copy Share Image
“Merely reducing prison terms does not have a major impact on the majority of people in the system. It is the badge… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
In the NFL, 31 players have been arrested just since the Super Bowl. In fact, a lot of teams are switching to… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
A felon could plead "benefit of clergy" and be saved by [reading aloud] what was aptly enough termed the "neck verse", which… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Ah, my daughter,ʺ he said. ʺEighteen, and already youʹve been accused of murder, aided felons, and acquired a death count higher than… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
In the USA, it's harder for a black man with no criminal record to find a job than a white man with… — Benjamin Jealous Copy Share Image
Love was also an easy word, used carelessly. Felons and creeps could offer it coated in sugar, and users could dangle it… — Deb Caletti Copy Share Image
Kids who I grew up with, who I played ball with, basketball, baseball, and went to parties with - for whatever reason… — Eric Holder Copy Share Image
When a felon's not engaged in his employment Or maturing his felonious little plans His capacity for innocent enjoyment Is just as… — Walter Raleigh Copy Share Image
Felons are typically stripped of the very rights supposedly won in the civil rights movement, including the right to vote, the right… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
[President Clinton] boasts about 186,000 people denied firearms under the Brady Law rules. The Brady Law has been in force for three… — Charlton Heston Copy Share Image
Eventually [black men] are arrested, whether they've committed any serious crime or not, and branded criminals or felons for life. Upon release,… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
Gator [ McKlusky from White Lightning] was a criminal and a felon, but he had a good heart - he's probably a… — Burt Reynolds Copy Share Image
We need to make sure we're making a distinction between violent felons who are in this country illegally and children who were… — Eric Greitens Copy Share Image
![“The bottom line is if the president [Barack Obama] really wants to keep guns out of the hands of criminals, maybe his Justice Department should stop releasing felons, many of which are illegal immigrants, only to the streets of America.” quote by Katie Pavlich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d91/katie-pavlich-4312_america_the-bottom-line-is-if-the-president-bara_1697375.jpg)
![“A felon could plead "benefit of clergy" and be saved by [reading aloud] what was aptly enough termed the "neck verse", which was very usually the Miserere mei of Psalm 51.” quote by William Hazlitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e55/william-hazlitt-326_benefits_a-felon-could-plead-benefit-of-clergy-an_323390.jpg)
![“[President Clinton] boasts about 186,000 people denied firearms under the Brady Law rules. The Brady Law has been in force for three years. In that time, they have prosecuted seven people and put three of them in prison. You know, the President has entertained more felons than that at fundraising…” quote by Charlton Heston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/33b/charlton-heston-5386_boast_president-clinton-boasts-about-186-000-p_1288458.jpg)
![“Eventually [black men] are arrested, whether they've committed any serious crime or not, and branded criminals or felons for life. Upon release, they're ushered into a parallel social universe in which the civil and human rights supposedly won during the Civil Rights Movement no longer apply to…” quote by Michelle Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b57/michelle-alexander-750_arrested_eventually-black-men-are-arrested-whethe_348081.jpg)
![“Gator [ McKlusky from White Lightning] was a criminal and a felon, but he had a good heart - he's probably a cousin to Bo. Bo was not a felon and definitely never wanted to hurt anybody - the final scene confirms that. He confesses to Buford T. Justice that he is right behind him. Gator McKlusky…” quote by Burt Reynolds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/68a/burt-reynolds-9553_behinds_gator-mcklusky-from-white-lightning-was_1456191.jpg)
