Prisoner Quotes

507 Prisoner quotes by 407 unique authors

It is true I wished to escape; and so I wish still: is not this lawful for all prisoners? — Joan of Arc
As long as the government can arbitrarily decide which substances are legal and which are illegal, then those who remain behind bars for illegal substances… — Paul Krassner
You're a prisoner of your own illusions - about yourself and about the world. — Dan Millman
Love in the Arab world is like a prisoner, and I want to set (it) free. I want to free the Arab soul, sense and… — Nizar Qabbani
I have learned some things. Modern life is warfare without end: take no prisoners, leave no wounded, eat the dead--that's environmentally sound. — James Crumley
In his fifty-six years he was at times many things, including a fugitive, prisoner, rising politician, army leader, legal advocate, rebel, dictator – perhaps even… — Adrian Goldsworthy
We are, each of us, our own prisoner. We are locked up in our own story. — Maxine Kumin
I view my pitching on how confident I was out there, period. And if I lose that confidence, I can become a prisoner of my… — Barry Zito
And if Bradley Manning really did as he is accused, he is a hero, an example to us all and one of the world's foremost… — Julian Assange
Ignorance has been well represented under the similitude of a dungeon, where, though it is full of life, yet darkness and silence reign. But in… — Horace Mann
Both sides were supposed to release all their prisoners, those were unconditional. There was some prisoner release that took place but it's not been satisfactory. — Warren Christopher
I was never a prisoner to my footballing status. — Michel Patini
I am not a prisoner of my sexuality like men younger than myself although I write about being a prisoner. — Al Goldstein
Many abused children cling to the hope that growing up will bring escape and freedom. But the personality formed in an environment of coercive control… — Judith Lewis Herman
The resurrection of Jesus was simply God's unwillingness to take our 'no' for an answer. He raised Jesus, not as an invitation to us to… — Clarence Jordan
Its very comforting to know that you are faced with a difficult job. If someone gives you a job which shows every sign of being… — Raymond Aubrac
For the past seven years we have been cracking down on crime in Missouri, passing tougher laws for drug crimes and sex offenses and requiring… — Mel Carnahan
Yes. And release prisoners who are incarcerated for pot. — Mark Cuban
Unfortunately for ethical egoism, the claim that we will all be better off if every one of us does what is in his or her… — Peter Singer
Everywhere men have unlocked the prisoners within, and from under the disguising skins the apes have leapt joyfully out. — Osbert Sitwell
Man is a prisoner who has no right to open the door of his prison and run away. . . . A man should wait,… — Plato
On Sunday 8 April 1945, he had just finished conducting a service of worship at Schoenberg, when two soldiers came took him away. As he… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
I am always sorry for the Puritan, for he guided his life against desire and against nature. He found what he thought was comfort, for… — Robert Henri
If anyone has it rough at Guantanamo, it is the guards. They are constantly harassed and threatened by some of these terrorists. Prisoners tell guards,… — Robin Hayes
He had drawn many a thousand of these rations in prisons and camps, and though he'd never had an opportunity to weight them on scales,… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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407 authors contributed a total of 507 Prisoner Quotes, led by these top contributors: