State Prison

Famous quotes containing the words state and/or prison:

    “If nationality is consent, the state is compulsion.”
    —Henri-Frédéric Amiel (1821–1881)

    “But neither milk-white rose nor red
    May bloom in prison air;
    The shard, the pebble, and the flint,
    Are what they give us there:
    For flowers have been known to heal
    A common man’s despair.”
    —Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)