Jail Quotes

637 Jail quotes by 498 unique authors

Neil Armstrong was no Christopher Columbus. In most respects, he was better. Unlike the famous fifteenth century seafarer, Armstrong knew where he landed. He also… — Seth Shostak
I grew up in Brownsville; most of the kids I grew up with went to jail, not Yale. If they had heard of Yale, they… — Mitch Leigh
As an independent person, I find it difficult being dependent for everything, for even my food and medicine, to the prison authorities. I have had… — Asif Ali Zardari
What can I do if everyone from the president to a junior bureaucrat is dying to convict me. If I am such a criminal, what… — Asif Ali Zardari
Sometimes going to jail is just the price you have to pay for social reform or social change. — Paul Watson
Nelson Mandela went to jail believing in violence, and 27 years later he and his colleagues had slowly and carefully honed the skills, the incredible… — Scilla Elworthy
Clearly Google is searching for a way to do business in China that avoids them sending someone to jail over an e-mail. — Rebecca MacKinnon
Even after facing jail, Martin Luther King, Jr. courageously and boldly spoke out against racial inequality. — Yvette Clarke
I think there are too many people in jail for too long and for not necessarily good reasons. — Eric Holder
Smart on Crime says if you commit violent crimes, you should go to jail, and go to jail for extended periods of time. For people… — Eric Holder
You have young men of color in many communities who are more likely to end up in jail or in the criminal justice system than… — Barack Obama
In my day, when I was a young kid, army duty was compulsory in South Africa or you go to jail. I had the choice,… — Trevor Rabin
The kids growing up in the apartheid era were so restricted and angry - if they spoke out against it, they were thrown in jail. — Malik Bendjelloul
No one has any license to brag because he is honest. That should be natural instinct and, besides, if you are not, they put you… — Charles Comiskey
If the penalty for hiring illegals is just a fine, it becomes a business decision. But if the penalty is jail time, illegal immigration will… — Jose Ferreira
As far as Iraq, the important thing is that the Taliban is gone in Afghanistan, three-quarters of the al-Qaida leadership is either dead or in… — Peter T. King
Summon me, then; I will be the posse comitatus; I will take them to jail. — Samuel Chase
They would almost throw the cops in jail when they tried to arrest me. — Lawrence Taylor
While I was in jail, they handcuffed me and took me to a backroom, where a detective from the FBI and a Secret Service agent… — Sherman Austin
The question at the end of the day was, the courts having found there was no defense, a producer about to go to jail, should… — Floyd Abrams
The vice president had a bargaining asset, however, that no ordinary person has: He was next in line to the presidency. I saw no chance… — Elliot Richardson
I just put myself in a hotel and was smoking coke for a while. Then I met up with the wrong people. I ended up… — Marc Wallice
It is crazy to have Judith Miller in jail. — Matthew Cooper
Individual rights always go along with the interests of the society. I want to add that in Vietnam we have no political prisoners. No one… — Unknown Author
When I was in jail I could only think about what the average person has to go through - the person who has no power… — Josh Brolin

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