Prisoners Quotes

241 Prisoners quotes by 201 unique authors

Our sins are debts that none can pay but Christ. It is not our tears, but His blood; it is not our sighs, but His… — Thomas Brooks
The prisoners for better security against conversation shall have a canvas bag put over the head of each and tied around the neck, with a… — Edwin M. Stanton
Should you encounter the enemy, he will be defeated! No quarter will be given! Prisoners will not be taken! Whoever falls into your hands is… — Wilhelm II
If I read this to you and did not tell you that it was an FBI agent describing what Americans had done to prisoners in… — Dick Durbin
Pritkin kissed like he did everything else, straightforward, accepting no prisoners and with an intensity that left me breathless. It was hot and hard and… — Karen Chance
I believe that free and civilized societies do not hold prisoners incommunicado. — Tom McClintock
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
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
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
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
Everywhere men have unlocked the prisoners within, and from under the disguising skins the apes have leapt joyfully out. — Osbert Sitwell
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
American soldiers had to guard prisoners on the inside while receiving mortar and weapons fire from the outside. Guantanamo is distant from any battlefield, making… — John Yoo
It might be argued that genuine spontaneity is not really possible or desirable so long as printed scores of great works exist. All modern musicians… — Donal Henahan
Visiting the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., for example, I was struck by its marginalization of any other victims apart from the Jews, to… — Unknown Author
Holocaust Memorial Day is intended as an inclusive commemoration of all the individuals and communities who suffered as a result of the Holocaust - not… — Jack Straw
Health coverage for regular citizens isn't mandated by the Constitution, but we're obligated to provide adequate medical care for prisoners, whatever the cost. — Unknown Author
The first prison I ever saw had inscribed on it CEASE TO DO EVIL: LEARN TO DO WELL; but as the inscription was on the… — George Bernard Shaw
All the asylum clothing is made by the patients, but sewing does not employ one's mind. After several months' confinement the thoughts of the busy… — Nellie Bly
Within our own society, we jail more prisoners than any other country in the world, 85 percent of them people of nonwhite races — red,… — Robert Thurman
I think people would be happier if they admitted things more often. In a sense we are all prisoners of some memory, or fear, or… — Simon Van Booy

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