Prisoners Quotes

241 Prisoners quotes by 201 unique authors

Without history we are the prisoners of the accident of where and when we were born. — Donald Kagan
There is about as much educational benefit to be gained in studying dolphins in captivity as there would be studying mankind by only observing prisoners… — Jacques Yves Cousteau
The degree of a nation’s civilization can be seen in the way it treats its prisoners — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Prisoner of War guard companies, or an equivalent organization, should be as far forward as possible in action to take over prisoners of war, because… — George S. Patton
Prejudice makes prisoners of both the hated and the hater. — Randy Shilts
So many people of my generation who served in the government were prisoners of the Cold War culture, still are. — Stewart Udall
Your notions of friendship are new to me; I believe every man is born with his quantum, and he cannot give to one without robbing… — Jonathan Swift
The general public knows practically nothing about the prison and appears to be little concerned about how it is managed and how prisoners are treated. — Eugene V. Debs
In Vietnam we have no political prisoners. No one is arrested or jailed for his or her speech or point of view. They are put… — Nong ?uc Manh
The lives of prisoners of war after they are returned is almost never discussed, never explored. — Gideon Raff
In a world of democracies, in a world where the great projects that have set humanity on fire are the projects of the emancipation of… — Roberto Unger
Human-rights advocates, for example, claim that the mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners is of a piece with President Bush's 2002 decision to deny al Qaeda and… — John Yoo
The photographs of Iraqi prisoners being subjected to degrading and humiliating treatment by their captors, and the reports of acts of sexual abuse, physical abuse,… — Ed Markey
When you look at the startling ruins of Nuremberg, you are looking at a result of the war. When you look at the prisoners on… — Janet Flanner
Only a free West can help the prisoners of today's left- and right-wing dictatorships. — Barbara Amiel
You could eat sushi off my bookshelf. My cleaning regime is like a battleground. I'm Genghis Khan and my cleaning products are my Mongolian army… — Ryan Adams
Free all the prisoners everywhere, all they want is truth and justice, all they need is love and care. — John Lennon
The inmates and prisoners, I found they were my kind, and it was there inside the bars I found my peace of mind. — Bob Dylan
In early youth, as we contemplate our coming life, we are like children in a theatre before the curtain is raised, sitting there in high… — Arthur Schopenhauer
If I'm tapping anything, it's the frustration of people who have something to say at work or home or in some social setting and just… — Neal Boortz
In the marketing society, we seek fulfillment but settle for abundance. Prisoners of plenty, we have the freedom to consume instead of our freedom to… — Clive Hamilton
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
We're not prisoners of the past. — Martin Seligman
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
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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