Prison Quotes

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I found fame to be somewhat of a prison. The more famous you were, the smaller the cell that you had to live in. — Dave Madden
Are there any good guys on 'Prison Break?' I suppose there might be. I can't honestly say whether I'm a good guy or a bad… — Chris Vance
Even behind prison walls I can see the heavy clouds and the blue sky over the horizon — Nelson Mandela
Scapegoating will go on forever. We need someone to blame - illegal immigrants, single moms, people in prison. We need someone to victimize. — Winona Ryder
The USA has more people in prison that any other country, including countries with much larger populations. 13% of the population is black but 80%… — Harry Belafonte
When a person opens a book, he can never be in prison. — Victor Hugo
People don't mind being in prison as long as no one else is free. But stage a jailbreak, and everybody else freaks out. — William Deresiewicz
The world is a better place with Saddam in prison not in power. — Tony Blair
In Israel, the maximum legal penalty for denying the existence of God is one year in prison, while the punishment for denying the existence of… — Ward Churchill
I am aware of what you're talking about with FEMA camps. What is particularly disturbing about that is they are going to be on former… — Matt Shea
To live in prison is to live without mirrors. To live without mirrors is to live without the self. She is living selflessly, she finds… — Margaret Atwood
Jesus Christ came into my prison cell last night, and every stone flashed like a ruby. — Samuel Rutherford
I visited my father for the full ten years that he was in prison, so we already had a deep and loving relationship, and remembered… — Sam Sheppard
...The two great turning-points of my life were when my father sent to Oxford, and when society sent me to prison. — Oscar Wilde
Virtue is uncommon in all the classes of humanity; and I suppose it will scarcely be imagined more frequent in a prison than in other… — Samuel Johnson
You utter a vow or forge a signature and you may find yourself bound for life to a monastery, a woman or prison. — Bronislaw Malinowski
If it doesn't make sense, you should find for the defense. — Johnnie Cochran
That is how prison is tearing me up inside. It hurts every day. Every day takes me further from my life. — Jack Abbott
We have one of our priests in prison right now for his antiwar actions, and three of us in the community are forbidden to visit… — Daniel Berrigan
We want a state of things in which crime will not pay, a state of things which allows every man the largest liberty compatible with… — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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