A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill him.Quote by Winston Churchill about prison
For as long as our people are held hostage by controllable socio-economic forces, we cannot afford to be indifferent to the ravages of poverty in all its dimensions and ramifications.Quote by Ibrahim Babangida about prison
At age nine I began serving long stints in juvenile detention quarters. At age twelve I was sent to the Utah State Industrial School For Boys... at age eighteen I was released as an adult.Quote by Jack Henry Abbott about prison
I've wanted somehow to convey to you the sensations - the atmospheric pressure, you might say - of what it is to be seriously a long-term prisoner in an American prison.Quote by Jack Henry Abbott about prison
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.Quote by Jack Henry Abbott about prison
So we can all hold up like good soldiers and harden ourselves in prison. But if you do that for too long, you lose yourself.Quote by Jack Henry Abbott about prison
That is how prison is tearing me up inside. It hurts every day. Every day takes me further from my life.Quote by Jack Henry Abbott about prison
The other inmates stand in a long straight line, flanked by guards, and I am dragged past them. I do not respect them, because they will not run - will not try to escape.Quote by Jack Henry Abbott about prison
To be in prison so long, it's difficult to remember exactly what you did to get there.Quote by Jack Henry Abbott about prison
When I'm forced by circumstances to be in a crowd of prisoners, it's all I can do to refrain from attack.Quote by Jack Henry Abbott about prison
I think the NBA players have to be held accountable in a reasonable way, just like any other professionals.Quote by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar about prison
Fundamentally, the land was held in common and administered by a group of nobles called the alii on behalf of the common good.Quote by Neil Abercrombie about prison
Generally, you are held to a sound and that becomes your sound. That gets branded as your sound, and all the copycats start with it because the labels are looking for that sound.Quote by Randy Bachman about prison
When I was 6, I held on to my mother's skirt, screaming that I wanted to be a dancer. She enrolled me in an academy in Madrid when I turned 8.Quote by Victoria Abril about prison
It's almost like a lot of black people in America, a lot of young black men, are born with this cloud over their heads. It's their penitentiary cloud, this philosophy we all have, that it's harder for us.Quote by Erykah Badu about prison
Against mighty odds you held the line and faced down a huge military foe, the British Crown Forces and their surrogates in the unionist death squads.Quote by Gerry Adams about prison
And he's writing a book right now that's going to be a little bit stronger than my book. But he really went through hell to get me out of prison.Quote by Jim Bakker about prison
At that point, I just thought I would die in prison. It was - I was devastated mentally.Quote by Jim Bakker about prison
America is the land of the second chance - and when the gates of the prison open, the path ahead should lead to a better life.Quote by George W. Bush about prison