Commitment Quote by Nelson Mandela

Prison was a learning experience. I learned to be patient.

— Mark Morrison

Prison is a crash course in the darker side of life. Few survive it without becoming a different person: more cynical, jaded, fearful, angry.…

— Peter McWilliams

“Prison education is a concept whose time has come. It is time to stop studying the issue and stop discoursing. It is time to…

— Christopher Zoukis

Being incarcerated does not mean being devoid of the capacity to learn, grow, and think, and it's critical that prisons provide spaces where learning…

— Clint Smith

For me, prison is a necessary step towards achieving the right to self-determination.

— Jordi Cuixart

The aim has got to be to maximize the opportunities for prisoners, having got themselves clean and got themselves some training, to have the…

— Crispin Blunt

In the very progress of society, the prison has in the very nature of things undergone some improvement, but there are vast stretches yet…

— Eugene V. Debs

The formula for prison is a lack of space counterbalanced by a surplus of time. This is what really bothers you, that you can't…

— Joseph Brodsky

The benefits of prison education go beyond lowering recidivism rates and increasing post-release employment. It can also rekindle a sense of purpose and confidence.

— Clint Smith

Prison is, indeed, a translation of your metaphysics, ethics, sense of history and whatnot into the compact terms of your daily deportment.

— Joseph Brodsky

After one has been in prison, it is the small things that one appreciates: being able to take a walk whenever one wants, going…

— Nelson Mandela