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Many a wise person has pondered the plight of the prisoner. From Mark Twain to Oscar Wilde to Fyodor
Dostoevsky, the issue of imprisonment has inspired many heartfelt remarks. The following quotes speak to our
intellect as well as our emotions. In a society that rushes to warehouse human lives, we urge you to slow down,
pause, and contemplate the unique reality of imprisonment. We hope you will find yourself thinking - perhaps
even feeling - that we can do better.
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There's no doubt I expect to die in prison.
~Jack Kevorkian
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Money will determine whether the accused goes to prison or walks out of the courtroom a free man.
~Johnnie Cochran
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One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny.
~Bertrand Russell
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Paranoia is an illness I contracted in institutions. It is not the reason for my sentences to reform school and prison. It is the effect, not the cause.
~Jack Henry Abbott
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In prison, you get the chance to see who really loves you.
~Suge Knight
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If we look at Houston, which is a very environmentally toxic place, we find that it has one of the highest levels of young men going to prison and also among the highest levels of illiteracy in the country.
~Danny Glover
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Taught from infancy that beauty is woman's sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison.
~Mary Wollstonecraft
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That is my major concern: writers who are in prison for writing.
~Antonia Fraser
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The Past: Our cradle, not our prison; there is danger as well as appeal in its glamour. The past is for inspiration, not imitation, for continuation, not repetition.
~Israel Zangwill
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Today begins a new saga in my life which I expect to strengthen me and allow me time for reflection... I plan to write music while in prison, read and pray regularly and will come out a stronger, more confident woman.
~Lil' Kim
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