Convicts Quotes

31 quotes by 28 authors

Every time we sign a treaty with another country, the treaty (should) include prisoner transfer provisions.... Under these provisions, the country in which the crimes… — Kathleen Brown
What passes for identity in America is a series of myths about one's heroic ancestors. It's astounding to me, for example, that so many people… — James A. Baldwin
The harsh, useful things of the world, from pulling teeth to digging potatoes, are best done by men who are as starkly sober as so… — H. L. Mencken
Day by day, we are becoming what we shall be eternally. The spirit who convicts us is also the spirit who consoles. — Charles Spurgeon
Too many people hold the idea that psychopaths are essentially killers or convicts. The general public hasn't been educated to see beyond the social stereotypes… — Robert D. Hare
There is a close relationship between flowers and convicts. The fragility and delicacy of the former are of the same nature as the brutal insensitivity… — Jean Genet
Convicts are the best audience I ever played for. — Johnny Cash
With a face like this, there aren't a lot of lawyers or priest roles coming my way. I've gotta face that was meant for a… — M. C. Gainey
Advice is offensive, not because it lays us open to unexpected regret, or convicts us of any fault which had escaped our notice, but because… — Samuel Johnson
It isn't true that convicts live like animals: animals have more room to move around. — Mario Vargas Llosa
Sir, they are a race of convicts and ought to be grateful for anything we allow them short of hanging. — Samuel Johnson
The Holy Spirit never convicts (Christians) of your sins. He never comes to point out your faultsâ€¦. It does not take a revelation from the… — Joseph Prince
For generations, the body of Christ has been defeated and put under a constant siege of condemnation from the accuser because they believe wrongly that… — Joseph Prince
As WArden Lawes once said of convicts, no man can be called a failure until he has tried something he really likes, and fails at… — Sydney J. Harris
Before the counter-culture revolutionary Li Lian was executed in 1971 for criticising the Cultural Revolution, pour policemen pushed her face against the window of a… — Ma Jian
Ex-convicts prepared the eggs for the White Houseâ€™s Easter Egg Roll. Itâ€™s nice to see the White House reaching out to former members of Congress. — Jay Leno
I'll wear no convicts uniform nor meekly serve my time that Britain might brand Irelands fight 800 years of crime.. — Bobby Sands
Even convicts, with whom I have spent some time, are not won over in any other way. Whenever I happened to speak sharply to them,… — Vincent de Paul
Kaffirs are as a rule uncivilized - the convicts even more so. They are troublesome, very dirty and live almost like animals. — Mahatma Gandhi
My suspension was a long-planned move... and was done to protect would-be convicts in Romanian politics. — Traian Basescu

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