Jail Quotes - Page 24

• I'm going to be me as I am, and you can beat me or jail me or even kill me, but I'm not going to be what you want me to be.

  Steven Biko

  Want, Beats, Kill Me

  "Cry Freedom: Richard Attenborough makes a Mandela of Steve Biko" by Alex von Tunzelmann, www.theguardian.com. June 10, 2010.

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• I've been speaking at churches for years, as well as juvenile jails, rehabs and hospitals, and I always talk about my faith. That is a declaration of my relationship with God

  Smokey Robinson

  Faith, Talking, Years

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• He cumbers himself never about consequences, about interests; he gives an independent, genuine verdict. You must court him: he does not court you. But the man is, as it were, clapped into jail by his consciousness.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Independent, Men, Giving

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2008). “The Spiritual Emerson: Essential Works by Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.11, Penguin

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• I didn't get that power from gunz..coz there's no gunz in jail..I got that power from books and from thinking and strategizing...... That's what I want little niggaz to see.

  Tupac Shakur

  Book, Thinking, Rapper

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• You're like the thief who isn't the least bit sorry he stole, but is terribly, terribly sorry he's going to jail. - Rhett Butler

  Margaret Mitchell

  Sorry, Wind, Gone

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• I will not accept racism at all. It's unacceptable. If someone throws a banana at me in the street, I will go to jail, because I will kill them.

  Mario Balotelli

  Racism, Bananas, Accepting

  " Euro 2012: Mario Balotelli threatens to 'kill' banana-throwing fans" by Marcus Christenson, www.theguardian.com. May 29, 2012.

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• Hit them in their personal lives, visit their homes . Actively target U.S. military establishments within the United States... strike hard and fast and retreat in anonymity. Select another location, strike again hard and fast and quickly retreat in anonymity ... Do not get caught. DO NOT GET CAUGHT. Do not get sent to jail. Stay alert, keep active, and keep fighting.

  Craig Rosebraugh

  Military, Home, Fighting

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• Okay, first thing tomorrow we hit the streets around Taccone's place. Somebody saw something.' 'I got it covered.' 'The DiMarcos might be in town.' 'Actually, they're in jail.' 'All seven of them?' Hale shrugged. 'It was an interesting October.

  Ally Carter

  Interesting, Might, Saws

  Ally Carter (2011). “Heist Society”, p.44, Hachette UK

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• As long as possible live free and uncommitted. It makes but little difference whether you are committed to a farm or the county jail.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Differences, Long, Littles

  1854 Walden, or Life in the Woods,'Where I Lived, and What I Lived For'.

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• in the synagogue of my heart... I myself jail and the jailed, I go wounded, bite-marked

  Helene Cixous

  Heart, Synagogue, Wounded

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• We should be long past applauding politicians of any hue: they got us into this mess. The best deserve a probationary opportunity to prove themselves, the worst should be in jail.

  Gerald Warner

  Past, Opportunity, Long

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• I wouldn’t mind going to jail if I had three cellmates who played bridge

  Warren Buffett

  Bridges, Mind, Three

  "Warren Buffett Speaks: Wit and Wisdom from the World's Greatest Investor". Book by Janet Lowe, 1997.

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• What is it about the government and its agents and employees that they can lie to us with impunity, but we risk being sent to jail if we lie to them?

  Andrew Napolitano

  Lying, Government, Risk

  "Lies the Government Told You: Myth, Power, and Deception in American History". Book by Andrew Napolitano, www.foxnews.com. 2010.

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• We all hold the keys to our own jail cells.

  Paul Levine

  Keys, Cells, Law

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• True freedom is always spiritual. It has something to do with your innermost being, which cannot be chained, handcuffed, or put into a jail.

  Rajneesh

  Spiritual, Freedom, Chained

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• For digital natives, public schools are jails

  Bing Gordon

  School, Digital, Public School

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• My feet might fail me, my heart might ail me,
  The synagogues of Satan might accuse or jail me,
  Strip, crown, nail me, brimstone hail me...
  They might defeat the flesh but they could never ever kill me.
  They might feel the music but could never ever feel me.

  Jay Electronica

  Rap, Heart, Feet

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• I believe in heaven more than hell, lessons more than jail.
  In the ghetto, let love prevail with a story to tell.
  My eyes see the glory, and well,
  The world waiting for me to yell, "I Have A Dream!"

  Common

  Dream, Believe, Rap

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• I don't fear jail because I know I'm not guilty. I know I did nothing wrong. I did nothing criminal and I also believe my God will get me through this.

  Kenneth Lay

  Mistake, Believe, Criminals

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• This is a victory against those who promote terrorism, against hypocrites who tout a supposed war on terror and in reality protect terrorists and jail young men who only acted to oppose terrorism in the United States.

  Ricardo Alarcon

  War, Hypocrite, Reality

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• More than life, I value vindication. When you are at peace with the truth and you know that you are on the side of the right and God is on your side, you are not afraid of anything, including jail.

  Imelda Marcos

  Your Side, Sides, Not Afraid

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• If you don't go to highschool you will definately go to jail.

  Gerard Way

  Ifs

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• When youre touring and the minute you tell someone that youre from Jersey its the equivalent of telling them you just got out of jail.

  Gerard Way

  Jersey, Touring, Minutes

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• If you tell the truth all day long, you will end up in jail.

  Elaine Stritch

  Long, Telling The Truth, Ends

  "The Way We Live Now: 2-24-02: Questions For Elaine Stritch; Of A Certain Age". Interview with Liz Welch, www.nytimes.com. February 24, 2002.

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• Is all the world jails and churches?

  Zack de la Rocha

  Church, World, Rage Against The Machine

  "Song: Vietnow (Evil Empire)". October 1997.

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