Jail – Quotes

Anyone who has been

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Anyone who has been to an English public school will always feel comparatively at home in prison. It is the people brought up in the gay intimacy of the slums who find prison so soul-destroying. Evelyn Waugh

The origin of nursing

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The origin of nursing started out with prostitutes, who would go care for people in jail. That was back when nobody wanted to go to the hospital because it was basically a place that you went to die. It started progressing with the visiting nurses in the South. The women started wearing these outfits to … Read more

I would rather a

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I would rather a thousand times be a free soul in jail than to be a sycophant and coward in the streets. Eugene V. Debs

Some statesmen go to

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Some statesmen go to Congress and some go to jail. It is the same thing, after all. Eugene Field

Apparently, I’m very, very

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Apparently, I’m very, very popular in jails. They often ask me to come and speak. Etgar Keret

For me, soldiers are

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For me, soldiers are all equal. Those black people wore your same uniform, fought on your side, and so you will be in the same jail. Erwin Rommel

But when we have

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But when we have families, when we have children, this gives us a purpose for being, to protect our children, to avoid going to jail because if I’m in jail, who looks after my children, who’s there for my wife?. Ernie Hudson

That’s a real void

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That’s a real void in my life. I see a lot of people who struggled and went to jail and the dogs were after them. I’d look them in the eyes and say, ‘God almighty, I wish I’d have been there.’ Ernie Banks

I think there are

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I think there are too many people in jail for too long and for not necessarily good reasons. Eric Holder

There is always a

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There is always a chance that he who sets himself up as his brother’s keeper will end up by being his jail-keeper. Eric Hoffer