Incarceration Quote by Leo Tolstoy

“the rulers were, in serious senses, whether willingly or unwillingly, the prisoners of their own rhetoric; they played games of power according to rules…

— Daron Acemoğlu

“He's bound to have done something ,” Nobby repeated. In this he was echoing the Patrician's view of crime and punishment. If there was…

— Terry Pratchett

“Did you see any of those who are downtrodden, would that justice help them? Anyone oppressed and suppressed around you take a decision, make…

— Sunday Adelaja

“The cops watched me and the Georges and the other foreigners who worked the streets, and they knew exactly what we were doing. They…

— Gregory David Roberts

“He has robbed none except officials who have stolen from the missions and the poor, and punished none except brutes who mistreat natives.”

— Johnston McCulley

“What kind of justice is this? Where the poor go to prison and the rich go free. Where witnesses are rented, bought, or bribed.…

— Assata Shakur

“But on Kwajalein, the guards sought to deprive them of something that had sustained them even as all else had been lost: dignity. This…

— Laura Hillenbrand

“Sometimes when a person sees the roguery of poor people and the thievery of people in high positions, he is tempted to regard society…

— Sébastien-Roch Nicolas Chamfort

“In the end, no one noticed when protection turned into imprisonment, or when 'for the good of the people' turned into 'for the good…

— Mira Grant

“Should misfortune visit the Court, that can only be the result of its continued abuses. If the palace is attacked, that can only be…

— Eiji Yoshikawa

“It's a strange thing, Volkodav thought, how people dread for their lives, the same people which are so used to taking lives of the…

— Anonymous

“Adarlan could take their freedom, it could destroy their lives and beat and whip them, it could force them into ridiculous contests, but, criminal…

— Sarah J. Maas