Prisoner Quotes
507 Prisoner quotes by 407 unique authors
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Workers of France, it is for the freedom of the prisoners that you will go to work in Germany! It is for our country that…
— Pierre Laval
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The world is a philosophical prison and Man is the philosophical prisoner.
— Kedar Joshi
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He that discovers himself, till he hath made himself master of his desires, lays himself open to his own ruin, and makes himself prisoner to…
— Francis Quarles
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We're not prisoners of the past.
— Martin Seligman
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I have committed myself to joy. I have come to realize that those who make space for joy, those who prefer nothing to joy, those…
— Richard Rohr
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The people have said yes to change and reform. The majority of the Palestinians have said yes to the slogan, 'Islam is the solution.' The…
— Ismail Haniyeh
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Since my life as a prisoner has begun I have heard the teachings of the white man's religion, and in many respects believe it to…
— Geronimo
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In this, our age of infamy Man's choice is but to be A tyrant, traitor, prisoner: No other choice has he.
— Alexander Pushkin
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Ordinary men died, men of iron were taken prisoner: I only brought back with me men of bronze.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
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There was never in my mind a desire to give in on the subject of freeing the political prisoners.
— Robert Bourassa
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If you surrender you shall be treated as prisoners of war, but if I haveto storm your works you may expect no quarter.
— Nathan Bedford Forrest
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You can judge a country by the way it treats its prisoners, and you can always judge a show by the way it treats people…
— Donal Logue
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Your secret is your prisoner; once you reveal it, you become its slave.
— Solomon Ibn Gabirol
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One of my biggest fears is not being able to break out of a rut; of becoming a prisoner to my ways, unable to change…
— Matt Dillon
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I sort of tend to equate tattoos with prisoners, punks or people with a high level of self-confidence. I don't necessarily have a covered-in-tattoos personality.
— Lena Dunham
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In the final choice a soldier's pack is not so heavy as a prisoner's chains.
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
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When I played, the owners had the power. The prisoners are running the prison now, not the warden. The warden is strong and he has…
— Julius Erving
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I've always been opposed myself to prisoners having the vote.
— William Hague
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Iran's continued, widespread persecution of ethnic minorities, human rights defenders and political prisoners is a disgrace and stands as a shameful indictment of Iran's leaders.
— William Hague
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If people around the world knew how well people at Guantanamo Bay are treating prisoners, they would not fall prey to the accusations that some…
— Robin Hayes
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God help us from those who believe that they are the sole possessors of truth. How we manage at times to agree willingly to become…
— King Hussein I
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I have to say when we talk about the treatment of these prisoners that I would guess that these prisoners wake up every morning thanking…
— James Inhofe
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The past is a great place and I don't want to erase it or to regret it, but I don't want to be its prisoner…
— Mick Jagger
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We are victims of evil customs. It is a crime against humanity that our women are shut up within the four walls of the houses…
— Muhammad Ali Jinnah
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There is no greater hell than to be a prisoner of fear.
— Ben Jonson
Who Wrote These Prisoner Quotes
407 authors contributed a total of 507 Prisoner Quotes, led by these top contributors: