I knew of a man who was sent to the State Prison for twenty-five years. All these years he was always thinking… — Harriet Tubman Copy Share Image
If the heart is cleansed by the love of Jesus Christ, and if the heart loves Him, one can resist all tortures.… — Richard Wurmbrand Copy Share Image
People have passed through a very dark tunnel at the end of which there was a light of freedom. Unexpectedly they passed… — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
What do people have against convicts? Is living together in the pen of freedom, where young people engage in mutual psychology, any… — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
While I was in prison, I was indulging in all types of vice, right within the prison. And I never was ostracized… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
It's not as if I've ever been to prison or been close to going to prison. The closest I've got is knowing… — Michael Portillo Copy Share Image
“I am a waning bird encased in a glass sphere; I cannot see my prison, and my cries no one can hear.” — Craig Froman Copy Share Image
Depression is a prison where you are both the suffering prisoner and the cruel jailer. — Dorothy Rowe Copy Share Image
Immature people falling in love destroy each other's freedom, create a bondage, make a prison. Mature persons in love help each other… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
I suppose that it was inevitable that my word-base broadened. I could now for the first time pick up a book and… — Alex Haley Copy Share Image
Some studies have shown close to 70 percent of men who are in prison have one of two things in common: One,… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
You all must realize that Mandela was not the only man who suffered. There were many others - hundreds who languished in… — Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Copy Share Image
Now that Mandela has been released from prison we can all admit what has been apparent, that he is not a Tembu… — Auberon Waugh Copy Share Image
People with mental illnesses are dying on our streets. More than 350,000 are in jails and prisons. Most are people whose only… — Pete Earley Copy Share Image
In our society, we move people out of government. It's all operated by machines, meaning – not the people, just the products:… — Jacque Fresco Copy Share Image
How come we never use prison, the failure of prison, as a reason not to give more prison? There's never a moment… — James Forman, Jr Copy Share Image
The atmosphere [in the school lunchroom] is not quite that of a prison, because the students are permitted to talk quietly, under… — Edgar Friedenberg Copy Share Image
I met Marx, Lenin, Trotsky, Engels and Mao when I entered prison and they redeemed me. — George Jackson Copy Share Image
We get lost in doing, thinking, remembering, anticipating - lost in a maze of complexity and a world of problems. Nature can… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
That prison," I said with heartfelt sincerity, "Was absolutely the most awful thing that has happened to me in my entire life."… — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
While women weep, as they do now, I'll fight While little children go hungry, as they do now, I'll fight While men… — William Booth Copy Share Image
Legalized drugs would cause dislocations in the US economy - the prison industry for example and tens of billions spent annually on… — Charles Bowden Copy Share Image
If I pop everyone who calls me a diva then I'm going to spend the rest of my life in prison. — Chaka Khan Copy Share Image
Most new prison construction has occurred in predominately white, rural communities, and thus a new and bizarre form of segregation has emerged… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image