Prison Quotes

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Do you realize, when Mandela was inaugurated president, he invited as his special guests the white jailers from his Robben Island prison? He literally did… — Rush Limbaugh
I went to visit Alcatraz years ago when I was on tour with the Pistols, and I really liked the atmosphere of the place. I… — John Lydon
History is full of people who went to prison or were burned at the stake for proclaiming their ideas. Society has always defended itself. — Naguib Mahfouz
In my country we go to prison first and then become President. — Nelson Mandela
Jails and prisons are the complement of schools; so many less as you have of the latter, so many more must you have of the… — Horace Mann
When I was in the ring at the Olympics, it was my father's words that I was hearing, not the coaches'. 'I never listened to… — Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
I'm enjoying prison ministry, particularly with the women in Hudson County Jail who have suffered tremendously in their lives. — James McGreevey
A Sunday school is a prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their parents. — H. L. Mencken
The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor. — H. L. Mencken
Over the years I've learned how to lock myself up in a prison of hope, knowing that God has nothing but His best planned for… — Joyce Meyer
I went to prison, I paid my bill. — George Michael
There'll be moments when I'm out in the prison yard, chatting with the cast and the crew, getting ready to shoot a scene. And then… — Wentworth Miller
Prison Break is so far-fetched, I had to make viewers believe that Michael is capable of making the impossible possible. — Wentworth Miller
I hadn't worked for a year when I had my Prison Break audition and it was the easiest audition I've ever had. I got the… — Wentworth Miller
When the prison doors are opened, the real dragon will fly out. — Ho Chi Minh
Army Specialist Bradley Manning deserves a medal, not prison. — Michael Moore
No 22-year-old should have to enter the real world already in a virtual debtors' prison. — Michael Moore
The media love to cover black people on the front page. After all, when you live in a society that will lock up about 30… — Michael Moore
Blake said that the body was the soul's prison unless the five senses are fully developed and open. He considered the senses the 'windows of… — Jim Morrison
You can look at the West Bank. Cities are like prisons. They can be closed quickly by the Israeli forces, and everything stops in these… — Hassan Nasrallah

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