Certainly a political issue, I think most of you would agree. Actually, I was looking thru my old files today, and found these. Most of them were saved a while ago. I assume I posted them on Facebook, or perhaps some other place. Anyways, enjoy. And feel free to add your own (positive, or negative): "Men simply copied the realities of their hearts when they built prisons." --Richard Wright 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. George W. Bush I asked a man in prison once how he happened to be there and he said he had stolen a pair of shoes. I told him if he had stolen a railroad he would be a United States Senator. Mary Harris Jones Racism is a moral catastrophe, most graphically seen in the prison industrial complex and targeted police surveillance in black and brown ghettos rendered invisible in public discourse. Cornel West On average, drug prisoners spend more time in federal prison than rapists, who often get out on early release because of the overcrowding in prison caused by the Drug War. Michael Badnarik He who opens a school door, closes a prison. Victor Hugo The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world. Many of those people deserve to be in prison; however, some of them do not. Rand Paul The percentage of Americans in the prison system, has doubled since 1985. Serj Tankian It doesn't help to fight crime to put people in prison who are innocent. Stephen Breyer I'm a prison abolitionist because the prison system as it is set up is just not working. It's horrible. Ava DuVernay “The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.” -Fyodor Dostoevsky
"I believed in truth, justice, and the American way, they gave me ten years for growing pot for my wife who was dying of cancer." ~Eddy Lepp
There are many quotable prisoners from Britain... I knew this one who called himself Mr. Nice. I should quote some of Lee Bridges poetry from French prison where he spent five years.
I will search. This is a good thread. I will start with Nelson Mandella. A Nelson Mandela Quote for Every Year He Spent in Prison “It is said that no one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails. A nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but its lowest ones.”
“How did I escape? With difficulty. How did I plan this moment? With pleasure.” ― Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo
“The things people say of a man do not alter a man. He is what he is. Public opinion is of no value whatsoever. Even if people employ actual violence, they are not to be violent in turn. That would be to fall to the same low level. After all, even in prison, a man can be quite free. His soul can be free. His personality can be untroubled. He can be at peace. And, above all things, they are not to interfere with other people or judge them in any way. Personality is a very mysterious thing. A man cannot always be estimated by what he does. He may keep the law, and yet be worthless. He may break the law, and yet be fine. He may be bad, without ever doing anything bad. He may commit a sin against society, and yet realize through that sin his true perfection.” ― Oscar Wilde, The Soul of Man Under Socialism
“The drug war is a total scam, prescription drugs kill 300K a year, while marijuana kills no one, but they spend billions/year 'fighting' it, because pot heads make for good little slaves to put into private prisons, owned by the banks who launder the drug money, and it's ALL DOCUMENTED.” ― Alex E. Jones
