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
For the rest of their lives, [black men] can be denied the right to vote, automatically excluded from juries, and legally discriminated… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
I don't have an issue with whether - from a legal standpoint, with whether or not government can impose the ultimate punishment… — Trey Gowdy Copy Share Image
For reasons that have stunningly little to do with crime or crime rates, we, as a nation, have chosen to lock up… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
I think you and he need to talk. And once you do, I won’t have to worry about being jumped like a… — J.R. Ward Copy Share Image
Does Patch have a restraining order against him?' he read. 'Is Patch a felon?' 'Give-me-that!' I hissed furiously. Patch gave a soft… — Becca Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
If you take into account prisoners, a large majority of African American men in some urban areas, like Chicago, have been labeled… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
What you do to prevent further felonious assault, as long as the felon is still capable of action, is justified. — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
I had incorrectly, for all of my adult life until 2008, believed the biggest voting myth that exists - that ex-felons cannot vote. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm a relatively respectable citizen. Multiple felon perhaps, but certainly not dangerous. — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
The subculture of felons is in great vogue among adolescents. Enron, WorldCom, Tyco, and so forth allow us Republicans to say to… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
We have one of our priests in prison right now for his antiwar actions, and three of us in the community are… — Daniel Berrigan Copy Share Image
Since felons are subsequently disfranchised, the US now has 1.75 million people disqualified from voting because of their criminality- 1.4 million black… — Jeremy Seabrook Copy Share Image
Today it is perfectly legal to discriminate against criminals in nearly all the ways that it was once legal to discriminate against… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
Today 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