Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [81-90] of 90 Prison quotesPrison QuotesPrison Previous 20 quotes A new fascism promises security from the terror of crime. All that is required is that we take away the criminals’ rights – which, of course, are our own. Out of our desperation and fear we begin to feel a sense of security from the new totalitarian state.~ Gerry Spence Vices are not crimes.~ Lysander Spooner I was put into jail as I was going to the shoemaker's to get a shoe which was mended. When I was let out the next morning, I proceeded to finish my errand, and, having put on my mended shoe, joined a huckleberry party, who were impatient to put themselves under my conduct; and in half an hour -- for the horse was soon tackled -- was in the midst of a huckleberry field, on one of our highest hills, two miles off, and then the State was nowhere to be seen.~ Henry David Thoreau Under a government which imprisons unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison.~ Henry David Thoreau Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison ... the only house in a slave State in which a free man can abide with honor.~ Henry David Thoreau The worst penalties are always imposed on those seeking to help the oppressed.~ Unknown It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.~ Voltaire There's no greater threat to our independence, to our cherished freedoms and personal liberties than the continual, relentless injection of these insidious poisons into our system. We must decide whether we cherish independence from drugs, without which there is no freedom.~ William Von Raab Experts and the educated elite have replaced what worked with what sounded good. Society was far more civilized before they took over our schools, prisons, welfare programs, police departments and courts. It's high time we ran these people out of our lives and went back to common sense.~ Walter E. Williams The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced.~ Frank Zappa Previous 20 quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print