Imprisonment Quotes

91 Imprisonment quotes by 79 unique authors

Dare to do things worthy of imprisonment if you mean to be of consequence. — Juvenal
Capital punishment turns the state into a murderer. But imprisonment turns the state into a gay dungeon-master. — Jesse Jackson
All my life I had feared imprisonment, the nun's cell, the hospital bed, the places where one faced the self without distraction, without the crutches… — Edna O'Brien
A simple way to determine whether the right to dissent in a particular society is being upheld is to apply the town square test: Can… — Natan Sharansky
Calisto, a companion of Ignatius, and who on recovering from a severe illness had heard of the imprisonment of Ignatius, hastened from Segnovia, where he… — Ignatius Loyola
Saddam's fate should be in the hands of his country men. They were the major victims of his brutal reign and should decide his life,… — Ronnie James Dio
An individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Fashion should be a form of escapism, and not a form of imprisonment. — Alexander McQueen
We felt the imprisonment of being a girl, the way it made your mind active and dreamy, and how you ended up knowing which colors… — Jeffrey Eugenides
Economic power is exercised by means of a positive, by offering men a reward, an incentive, a payment, a value; political power is exercised by… — Ayn Rand
Since I was a law student, I have been against the death penalty. It does not deter. It is severely discriminatory against minorities, especially since… — Ralph Nader
Islam was like a mental cage. At first, when you open the door, the caged bird stays inside: it is frightened. It has internalized its… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Not one of the orthodox ministers dare preach what he thinks if he knows a majority of his congregation think otherwise. He knows that every… — Robert Green Ingersoll
Wait." "So what am I supposed to do now?" "You know, Jin, I would have saved myself from five hundred years' imprisonment beneath a mountain… — Gene Luen Yang
An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so. Now the law of nonviolence says that violence should… — Mahatma Gandhi
The price for Jarrod's freedom is to be my imprisonment. — Marianne Curley
Imprisonment of the body is bitter; imprisonment of the mind is worse — Thornton Wilder
...any form of government that required the repression, imprisonment, and execution of those who disagreed with it was certainly not a government of the people. — Vince Flynn
I was wondering how you were going to punish me for not confiding in you. Punishment, actually, is something I've thought about for a long… — Derek Landy
The caged eagle become a metaphor for all forms of isolation, the ultimate in imprisonment. A zoo is prison. — Nadine Gordimer
In loneliness, in sickness, in confusion-the mere knowledge of friendship makes it possible to endure, even if the friend is powerless to help. It is… — Pam Brown
A lover knows only humility, he has no choice. He steals into your alley at night, he has no choice. He longs to kiss every… — Unknown Author
You can't blame me. I mean that literally. You're incapable of blaming me. You're human. Being human is choosing freedom over imprisonment, autonomy over dependency,… — Glen Duncan
Actions are held to be good or bad, not on their own merits, but according to who does them. There is almost no kind of… — George Orwell
Communism feeds on aggression, hatred, and the imprisonment of men's minds and souls. This shall not take root in the United States. — Emanuel Celler

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