Prison Quotes

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The first rule for escaping prison in the United States is always having someone more important than yourself to incriminate. — Alan Dershowitz
One of the men attached to the prison was the occasion of great amusement on the part of the prisoners, as well as the spectators,… — Lewis Tappan
Christians don't steal or lie, they don't get divorced or have abortions. If the Ten Commandments were followed by everyone we would be able to… — John Hagee
In my memoir, I wanted to introduce American women to Iranian women and our lives. I'm not from the highest echelons of society, nor the… — Shirin Ebadi
Repentance is the key with which we can unlock the prison from inside. We hold that key within our hands, and agency is ours to… — Boyd K. Packer
Every soul confined in a prison of sin, guilt, or perversion has a key to the gate. The key is labeled â€œrepentance.â€ If you know… — Boyd K. Packer
One of the reasons that so many people of color and poor people are in prison is that the deindustrialization of the economy has led… — Angela Davis
Back in pre-Revolutionary America cruel and unusual punishment meant the rack and burning at the stake... in more recent rulings it has been taken to… — Tom Clancy
Many a serious thinker has been produced in prisons, where we have nothing to do but think. — Robert Greene
Now there is no taboo; everything is allowed. But one cannot simply go back to tonality, itâ€™s not the way. We must find a way… — Gyorgy Ligeti
The surest path to safe streets and peaceful communities is not more police and prisons, but ecologically sounds economic development. And that same path can… — Van Jones
Jesus and Paul were serious dudes. They had teeth missing. Jesus was a carpenter, Paul was in prison. These guys didnâ€™t eat tofu dogs and… — Mark Driscoll
A good team is a great place to be, exciting, stimulating, supportive, successful. A bad team is horrible, a sort of human prison. — Charles Handy
The only thing that prisons demonstrably cure is heterosexuality. — John D. MacDonald
I have found truly jubilant Christians only in the Bible, in the Underground Church and in prison. — Richard Wurmbrand
It was in prison that we found the hope of salvation for the Communists. It was there that we developed a sense of responsibility toward… — Richard Wurmbrand
If the heart is cleansed by the love of Jesus Christ, and if the heart loves Him, one can resist all tortures. What would a… — Richard Wurmbrand
Prisons don't rehabilitate, they don't punish, they don't protect, so what the hell do they do? — Jerry Brown
The most threatened group in human societies as in animal societies is the unmated male: the unmated male is more likely to wind up in… — Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Of course, let us have peace, we cry, "but at the same time let us have normalcy, let us lose nothing, let our lives stand… — Daniel Berrigan

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