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Prison Quotes - Page 13

Crime is not punished as an offense against God, but as prejudicial to society.

James Anthony Froude (1872). “Short Studies on Great Subjects”, p.223

We are all prisoner, but the name of our cure is not freedom

Iris Murdoch (1987). “The Unicorn”, p.76, Penguin

Crimes, like virtues, are their own rewards.

'The Inconstant' (1702) act 4, sc. 2

Imprisonment is as irrevocable as death.

George Bernard Shaw (2015). “George Bernard Shaw: Collected Articles, Lectures, Essays and Letters: Thoughts and Studies from the Renowned Dramaturge and Author of Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Pygmalion, Arms and The Man, Saint Joan, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion”, p.308, e-artnow

I did almost a year in prison, a year in prison, just because my name is Foxy Brown.

"Jail time fails to curb Foxy's shopping habit" by Sean Michaels, www.theguardian.com. April 21, 2008.

You can feel very quickly as a prisoner of your past, of the memories.

"Eric Cantona arrested and cautioned after assault in London" by Owen Gibson, www.theguardian.com. March 13, 2014.

Crimes lead into one another. They who are capable of being forgers, are capable of being incendiaries.

"Correspondence of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke: Between the Year 1744 and the Period of His Decease, in 1797".

I'm very resourceful. I'd be good in prison. I'd be good in a shipwreck. I'd make a great hostage.

"David Letterman's 1984 Playboy Interview. A Candid Conversation with the Comedy Genius In His Youth". Playboy Interview, playboysfw.kinja.com. 1984.

It's time to debate images, especially when someone's going to prison for downloading them.

"Disposable cameras". Interview with Jonathan Jones, www.theguardian.com. March 4, 2004.

Pardon ever follows sincere repentence.

Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1892). “Brilliants: selected from the works of C.H. Spurgeon”

Veels vithin veels, a prison in a prison.

'Pickwick Papers' (1837) ch. 40

Only the man who has known freedom Can define his prison.

Catherine Fisher (2011). “Incarceron”, p.11, Penguin