Prison Quotes

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The best of us being unfit to die, what an unexpressible absurdity to put the worst to death. — Nathaniel Hawthorne
What is the use of fighting for the vote if we do not have a country to vote in? With that patriotism that has nerved… — Emmeline Pankhurst
The worst of prison life, he thought, was not being able to close his door. — Stendhal
The idea that the sole aim of punishment is to prevent crime is obviously grounded upon the theory that crime can be prevented, which is… — H. L. Mencken
His tenacity is unmatched in my opinion. Incredible how someone could have suffered that long and come back out of prison with such a good… — Maurice Ashley
Here we have a saying: a good friend is someone who visits you when you are in prison. But a really good friend is someone… — Malcolm Bradbury
Prison, dungeons, blessed places where evil is impossible because they are the crossroads of all the evil in the world. One cannot commit evil in… — Jean Genet
Before this ugly edifice, and between it and the wheel-track of the street, was a grass-plot, much overgrown with burdock, pig-weed, apple-pern, and such unsightly… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
Oh who is that young sinner with the handcuffs on his wrist? And what has he been after that they groan and shake their fists?… — A. E. Housman
There was always, he thought, this pleasure ahead of him, an ace of joy up his sleeve so he could say you can do anything… — Michael Ondaatje
To live in prison is to live without mirrors. To live without mirrors is to live without the self. — Margaret Atwood
Many countries persecute their own citizens and intern them in prisons or concentration camps. Oppression is becoming more and more a part of the systems. — Alva Myrdal
Eventually, there will not be enough prisons if there are not enough good homes. — Neal A. Maxwell
Each man is his own prisoner, in solitary confinement for life. — Robert A. Heinlein
PRISON, n. A place of punishments and rewards. The poet assures us that - stone walls do not a prison make. — Ambrose Bierce
A society should be judged not by how it treats its outstanding citizens but by how it treats its criminals. — Fyodor Dostoevsky
I wrote a million words in the first year, and I could never have done that outside of prison. — Jeffrey Archer
You know, what makes the prison disappear is every deep, serious attachment. To be friends, to be brothers, to love; that opens the prison through… — Vincent Van Gogh
Yet there were times when he did love her with all the kindness she demanded, and how was she to know what were those times?… — Pearl S. Buck
Animals aren't property, and the law generally finds it acceptable to use and kill animals for human gain, imposing prison terms and steep fines on… — Charlotte Laws

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