When young black men reach a certain age - whether or not there is incarceration in their families - they themselves are… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
The only reason some of us are not exiled or thrown into prison is simply because we do not preach as fervently… — Oliver B. Greene Copy Share Image
Countries with big inequality gaps have big prison populations, have worse obesity rates, are less trusting, and have higher rates of violence.… — Richard Bacon Copy Share Image
I attended college in prison. I was in jail, so there ain't no going to no classes. They have programs in certain… — Kevin Gates Copy Share Image
hen we mourn those who die young — those who have been robbed of time — we weep for lost joys. We… — Josephine Hart Copy Share Image
Do you know what makes the prison disappear? Every deep, genuine affection. Being friends, being brothers, loving, that is what opens the… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
“She didn’t want to admit to herself, let alone to the outside world, that she had been placed in a ghetto, just… — Piper Kerman Copy Share Image
We all like to think that the line between good and evil is impermeable--that people who do terrible things, such as commit… — Philip Zimbardo Copy Share Image
The British Union of Fascists, Oswald Mosley's group, the black shirts, they were banned in Britain in 1940. And Max Mosley's dad,… — Rachel Maddow Copy Share Image
To control a people you must first control what they think about themselves and how they regard their history and culture. And… — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
“He took it and without hesitation, fuck him, he went for more. “So, a man gets outta prison, he gets himself a… — Kristen Ashley Copy Share Image
“There was a Japanese TV set in front of us. There were Japanese TV sets all over the prison. They were like… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
In detachment lies the wisdom of uncertainty...in the wisdom of uncertainty lies the freedom from our past, from the known, which is… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
You think it's hard for me when I go in the ring and fight? That's the least of my problems. I think… — Bernard Hopkins Copy Share Image
The English prison system is altogether mediaeval and outworn. In some of its details, the system has improved since they began to… — Emmeline Pankhurst Copy Share Image
The sunlight ranges over the universe, and at incarnation we step out of it into the twilight of the body, and see… — Annie Besant Copy Share Image
We need to take a hard look at the war on drugs and the number of non-violent offenders who end up getting… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
If you've been running a business for 38 years, you're approaching your 66th birthday, you've never owed a man a penny or… — Sean Quinn Copy Share Image
I picked up a camera because it was my choice of weapons against what I hated most about the universe: racism, intolerance,… — Gordon Parks Copy Share Image
“Like the hostages, I can’t find any excuses for my jailers, even if some of them are rootless exiles. They change continuously… — Hanan Al-Shaykh Copy Share Image
If you ask for good schools, you aren't likely to get them. If you ask for jobs or economic investment, you won't… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
When people are not in a prison cell they believe they are free and happy. That's not true. Because in Istanbul, the… — Burhan Sonmez Copy Share Image
“To Cassidy, the panopticon wasn't a metaphor. It was the greatest failing of everything she was, a prison she had built for… — Robyn Schneider Copy Share Image
“A prison chaplain in the West of England confessed he had given up one prisoner as hopeless, so stubborn was he against… — Francis Gay Copy Share Image
What a woman does or does not do to her face is personal. And as with most other things, makeup or a… — Leandra Medine Copy Share Image
Back in pre-Revolutionary America cruel and unusual punishment meant the rack and burning at the stake... in more recent rulings it has… — Tom Clancy Copy Share Image
You always hold the key of repentance to unlock the prison door. If they throw the word diversity at you, grab hold… — Boyd K. Packer Copy Share Image
“The extraordinary increase in prison admissions due to parole and probation violations is due almost entirely to the War on Drugs. With… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
At the final day, the Savior will not ask about the nature of our callings. He will not inquire about our material… — Joseph B. Wirthlin Copy Share Image
We went down [Folsom Prison] and there's a rodeo at all these shows that the prisoners have there. And in between the… — Johnny Cash Copy Share Image
What every American should know is that we have more people in jail today than any other country on Earth, more than… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
The European Union has become a prison of peoples. Each of the 28 countries that constitute it has slowly lost its democratic… — Marine Le Pen Copy Share Image
“The best thing...perhaps the only good thing--about being in prison was a feeling of relief. The feeling that he'd plunged as low… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
When Allah granted Prophet Yoosuf ('alayhis-Salaam) physical beauty it caused him to be locked up in the prison; but when Allah granted… — Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya Copy Share Image
A prison! heav'ns, I loath the hated name, Famine's metropolis, the sink of shame, A nauseous sepulchre, whose craving womb Hourly inters… — Tom Brown, Jr Copy Share Image
While my chosen form of story-writing is obviously a special and perhaps a narrow one, it is none the less a persistent… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
but what should we do when the highborn and wealthy take to crime? Indeed, if a poor man will spend a year… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
In our society, if an individual commits a crime, he or she is sent to prison and they're supposed to repay their… — Montel Vontavious Porter Copy Share Image
My writing practice taught me the important thing is steadfastness. It's not necessarily discipline. Discipline can become a prison. When your spiritual… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Jesus and Paul were serious dudes. They had teeth missing. Jesus was a carpenter, Paul was in prison. These guys didn’t eat… — Mark Driscoll Copy Share Image
![“We went down [Folsom Prison] and there's a rodeo at all these shows that the prisoners have there. And in between the rodeo things, they asked me to set up and do two or three songs. So that was what I did. I did "Folsom Prison Blues," which they thought was their song - you know? - and "I Walk…” quote by Johnny Cash](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/998/johnny-cash-1517_cash_we-went-down-folsom-prison-and-there-s-a_1739908.jpg)
