Jail Quotes

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We will not allow this day of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial to go without somebody going to jail. — Cornel West
I used to always fight for human rights. I still fight for Leonard Peltier, who's spent 35 years in jail for a crime he didn't… — Vivienne Westwood
On a planet that increasingly resembles one huge Maximum Security prison, the only intelligent choice is to plan a jail break. — Robert Anton Wilson
A man will be imprisoned in a room with a door that's unlocked and opens inwards; as long as it does not occur to him… — Ludwig Wittgenstein
If I wanted to develop a scenario to destroy America, I would do what the Republicans are doing. Take the brightest and best young black… — Andrew Young
Like civil-rights protesters who sang rousing hymns as they were carried off to jail, Twitterers are bearing witness to what's happening around them, and calling… — Douglas Rushkoff
The highways are crowded with people who drive as if their sole purpose in getting behind the wheel is to avenge every wrong done them… — Hunter S. Thompson
If someone were to harm my family or a friend or somebody I love, I would eat them. I might end up in jail for… — Johnny Depp
...and every Wednesday the perfumed young lady slips me a hundred-crown note to leave her alone with the convict. And by Thursday the hundred crowns… — Italo Calvino
The public school system is not about educating black children. Never has been. Inner-city schools are about social control. Period. Theyâ€™re operated as holding pensâ€”miniature… — Barack Obama
You never get it right, you people, do you? Either we've got Fudge, pretending everything's lovely while people get murdered right under his nose, or… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
What would Kathy say if she knew I let the whole crew eat those Oreos when they never did eat their carrot sticks (which I… — Dean Hughes
It is said that no one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails. A nation should not be judged by how… — Nelson Mandela
Every time you stop a school, you will have to build a jail. What you gain at one end you lose at the other. It's… — Mark Twain
No, that's not possible," Michael said. "Killed, yes; jail, no. — Mario Puzo
Goddamnit, look! We live here and they live there. We black and they white. They got things and we ain't. They do things and we… — Richard Wright
I would rather a thousand times be a free soul in jail than to be a sycophant and coward in the streets. — Eugene V. Debs
Are you there vodka? It's me, Chelsea. Please get me out of jail and I promise I will never drink again. Drink and drive. I… — Chelsea Handler
The old rule about how a thing of beauty is a joy forever, in my experience, even the most beauteous thing is only a joy… — Chuck Palahniuk
On my first day in jail, a three hundred pound man named Porterhouse hit me in the back of the head with a metal tray.… — James Frey

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