At the time I was arrested I had no idea it would turn into this. It was just a day like any… — Rosa Parks Copy Share Image
Children of those who have been incarcerated are five times more likely to go to prison than children of parents who have… — Sam Brownback Copy Share Image
Wrong believing puts people in a prison. Even though there are no physical shackles, wrong believing causes its inmates to behave as… — Joseph Prince Copy Share Image
Used books are the sluts of the literary world. Passed around from person to person, spreading their pages for anyone, getting cheaper… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
“There is a prison,” Alfred began grimly, “in a more ancient part of the world. A pit where men are thrown to… — Greg Cox Copy Share Image
When I was in prison, I read an article - don't be shocked when I say I was in prison. You're still… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
Let's help those in prison maintain positive connections with their community. If we truly want re-entry to be successful, and we do,… — J. B. Pritzker Copy Share Image
Stone walls do not a prison make, nor iron bars a cage. Minds innocent and quiet take that for a hermitage: If… — Richard Lovelace Copy Share Image
“Kaladin frowned. “Wait. Are you wearing cologne? In prison?” “Well, there was no need to be barbaric, just because I was incarcerated.”… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“Years ago I recognized my kinship with all living things, and I made up my mind that I was not one bit… — Eugene V. Debs Copy Share Image
Even if a civil society were to be dissolved by the consent of all its members (e.g., if a people inhabiting an… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
You'd be surprised. Besides, they don't even send royal traitors to prison, Rose. Everyone knows that." I scoffed. "Are you insane? Of… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
I worked in a steel mill, I worked in a foundry, I worked in a paper mill, I worked in a chemical… — Luis J. Rodriguez Copy Share Image
“You stole five cars. Instead of going into prison or juvenile detention, you endured nothing more than volunteer work. Now that you… — Tiffany Reisz Copy Share Image
In the very progress of society, the prison has in the very nature of things undergone some improvement, but there are vast… — Eugene V. Debs Copy Share Image
We are a feelingless people. If we could really feel, the pain would be so great that we would stop all the… — Julian Beck Copy Share Image
A country is in a bad state, which is governed only by laws; because a thousand things occur for which laws cannot… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Public school felt like prison - cinderblock walls, fluorescent lights, metal lockers. It was so sterile and unstimulating. — Sufjan Stevens Copy Share Image
“The tradition that refuses to entertain doubt, or remains impervious to new thoughts and ideas, becomes a prison rather than a sustaining… — Manju Kapur Copy Share Image
“Poverty and a lack of education are the tools used to manipulate their minds. They are in prison just like us, only… — Nigel Brennan Copy Share Image
“They can't give you all that, Mr Jimson,' said Walter, who was upset. 'It wouldn't be right. What would they give you… — Joyce Cary Copy Share Image
When thee builds a prison, thee had better build with the thought ever in thy mind that thee and thy children may… — Elizabeth Fry Copy Share Image
You can imprison a man, but not an idea. You can exile a man, but not an idea. You can kill a… — Benazir Bhutto Copy Share Image
The magistrate who originally sentenced Eric Cantona to prison said that millions of young people saw him as a role model and… — Harry Enfield Copy Share Image
When you go to jail, there's so much simple stuff missing. You just want some good toilet paper or a real toothbrush,… — Ja Rule Copy Share Image
Every crime has, in the moment of its perpetration, Its own avenging angel-dark misgiving, An ominous sinking at the inmost heart. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
Every soul confined in a prison of sin, guilt, or perversion has a key to the gate. The key is labeled “repentance.”… — Boyd K. Packer Copy Share Image
“Today, the United States has the highest rate of imprisonment of any nation in the world—possibly the highest rate in the history… — David Cay Johnston Copy Share Image
I've always believed in the goodness of people. I teach in prison. They all said, don't do it. Carry a gun, take… — John Waters Copy Share Image
For me, it was the Army or prison. I wanted to make something of myself. The Army gave me that determination, the… — Nigel Benn Copy Share Image
I got caught back up in the underworld because the upperworld really doesn't have a place for people with criminal histories. — Susan Burton Copy Share Image
Destiny is the prison and chain of the ignorant. Understand that destiny like the water of the Nile: Water before the faithful,… — Muhammad Iqbal Copy Share Image
Restoring a person's ability to achieve success when they leave the prison walls promotes public safety, builds our economy and, most importantly,… — Sally Yates Copy Share Image
“Nothing is worse in prison than the consciousness of one's innocenc; it prevents acclimatizatin and undermines one's morale...” — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
You wake up one day and you realize that all these years have gone by and I have this mortgage and I… — Lynn Shelton Copy Share Image
If we are to grow in love, the prisons of our egoism must be unlocked. This implies suffering, constant effort and repeated… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
There is always something to be happy about if we look for it: ‘Two men looked through prison bars, The one saw… — Amy Carmichael Copy Share Image
The Human Rights Convention was written by Conservatives in the aftermath of the Second World War. It was designed to combat the… — Chris Grayling Copy Share Image
Very few people in prison have voices that go beyond the wall. It's my job to do the work for them because… — Mumia Abu-Jamal Copy Share Image
I've always been tremendously interested in criminal law. It goes to a deep interest I have in prisons and the criminal element,… — Elizabeth Strout Copy Share Image
