Prison Quotes

Doth not a man die even in his birth? The breaking of prison is death, and what is our birth, but a breaking of prison?

It’s expensive to keep 2.3 million people in prison.

Satisfaction linked with dishonor or with harm to others is a prison for the seeker.

The battle, Sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, Sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable; and let it come! I repeat, Sir, let it come!

When I went to jail, reality hit so hard that it took my breath away, took my stance away, took my strength away. I was there buck naked, humiliated, sitting in my own crap and urine – this is a metaphor. My ego had run off. Your ego is the biggest coward.

No prison can ever contain me.

Secrets of the past! Who does not wish to keep the past locked in a cage like a ferocious beast? The rich are sleepless for fear of thieves. The respectable have to guard their reputations in the same way.

There is peace in dungeons, but is that enough to make dungeons desirable?

Scapegoating will go on forever. We need someone to blame – illegal immigrants, single moms, people in prison. We need someone to victimize.

Poverty, disease, sorrow, imprisonment and other evils are the fruits borne by the tree of one’s own sins.