#prison

I could not have the honour of being a German soldier because of my imprisonment in the First World War. And in this world war the Fuehrer refuses to allow me to serve as a soldier. ↗

— Fritz Sauckel

#because #being #could #first #first world

It so happened that I was on a German sailing vessel on the way to Australia when the ship was captured, and on the high seas I was made prisoner by the French. ↗

— Fritz Sauckel

#captured #french #german #happened #high

My dad had a retail business in Leavenworth, Kansas, and there's a whole bunch of prisons there, so it was a backdrop of my childhood, these ominous prisons sitting off the road. ↗

— Eric Stonestreet

#bunch #business #childhood #dad #had

Playing the role of Christ was like being in a prison. It was the hardest part I've ever had to play in my life. I couldn't smoke or drink in public. I couldn't. ↗

— Max von Sydow

#christ #drink #ever #had #hardest

Most of the prisoners told the interpreter that they are from Mandingo. ↗

— Lewis Tappan

#most #prisoners #told

The prisoners eyed the clothes some time, and laughed a good deal among themselves before they put them on. ↗

— Lewis Tappan

#before #clothes #deal #eyed #good

America should meet its obligations in the form of Social Security, Medicare, our ability to pay our military, legally binding legislation that allows unemployment compensation, the judiciary, the federal court system, the federal prison system, all those kinds of things have to be paid for. ↗

— Bill Johnson

#allows #america #binding #compensation #court

There is no man who desires as passionately as a Russian. If we could imprison a Russian desire beneath a fortress, that fortress would explode. ↗

— Joseph de Maistre

#could #desire #desires #explode #fortress

Strict justice would demand total confiscation of your property, personal imprisonment and fines. ↗

— Zebulon Pike

#demand #fines #imprisonment #justice #personal

I was most happy when pen and paper were taken from me and I was forbidden from doing anything. I had no anxiety about doing nothing by my own fault, my conscience was clear, and I was happy. This was when I was in prison. ↗

— Daniil Kharms

#prison #conscience