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Quotes About Parole

Classical quotation is a parole of literary men all over the world.
~ Samuel Johnson
No, Sir, it is a good thing; there is a community of mind in it. Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.
~ Samuel Johnson
Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.
~ Samuel Johnson
My dates are nightmares! If she were awake, alive, not on parole and truly single that would start. Place, time and what we do matters little if I'm out with the right woman.
~ Vantile Whitfield
My parole officer always believed in my capacity for redemption, even when my actions did not inspire confidence.
~ Alan K. Simpson
One of my priorities is criminal justice reform, and there is certainly bipartisan appetite for that. I think we need to eliminate the cash bail system. We need to eliminate mandatory minimums. We need sentencing reform. I think we need parole reform as well.
~ Ayanna Pressley
I assure you, I've come to one of those natural breaks in the book, where one can walk away and let things go on working in the subconscious. It's true, don't look so unbelieving. It means I can afford to tear myself away from my view of the pigsties and go out on parole, as much as I like and you'll put up with.
~ Mary Stewart
it's perfectly okay to paraphrase Nietzche: if you keep your focus, eventually your focus will keep you. Sometimes without parole.
~ Stephen King
Thank you for loving me, Kent, because if I was married to him, I would have killed him so many years ago, I'd be paroled by now.
~ Beverly Jenkins
Unfortunately, the elimination of incentives such as parole, good time credits and funding for college courses, means that fewer inmates participate in and excel in literacy, education, treatment and other development programs.
~ Bobby Scott
Because Nettles was on parole for a felony conviction, Ballard did not need to jump through most of the constitutional hoops that protected citizens from unlawful search and seizure. By legal definition, being on parole from prison meant Nettles was still in the custody of the state. By accepting parole he had given up his protections. His parole agent was allowed to access his home, vehicle, and workplace without so much as a nod from a judge.
~ Michael Connelly
Unforgiveness denies the victim the possibility of parole and leaves them stuck in the prison of what was, incarcerating them in their trauma and relinquishing the chance to escape beyond the pain.
~ T. D. Jakes
When I left the parole building that day, it was the first time in two decades that I was no longer in the clutches of the U.S. justice system.
~ Susan Burton
to your parole?" "Nothing. The guy I was with is a
~ Nancy Martin
Cormick! Anything even remotely resembling trespassing and breaking and entering is going to look bad to a parole officer!' Cormick stopped, then turned and headed back to the car, 'I hate that.' I thought a moment, 'I'm not on parole.' I started for the box... 'Don't touch anything you find,' Cormick said as we passed each other.
~ Carrie Vaughn
Tory kept looking at the gun; it was quivering. The kid's hand was shaking; he was nervous. Oh, great. Just her luck, to be held up by a bunch of amateurs. Listen, we're all a bunch of amateurs too. My waitress stutters, my bartender can't hear, my janitor is an ex-junkie out on parole, and I used to twirl a baton for three hours a day. Give us a break.
~ Kathleen Gilles Seidel
He's paid his debt to society. You can't keep a man in jail because you think he might commit a crime
~ J.M. Redmann
Le transport rythmique, qui donne au vers son élan, est vide, il n'est que le transport de lui-même. Et c'est ce vide que la césure pense et tient en suspens, en tant que parole pure, pendant le bref instant où s'arrête le cheval de la poésie.
~ Giorgio Agamben
Unfortunately, the elimination of incentives such as parole, good time credits and funding for college courses, means that fewer inmates participate in and excel in literacy, education, treatment and other development programs.
~ Bobby Scott
I'm not in favor of the death penalty. But I'm in favor of locking these people away in maximum security units where they can never get out. They can never escape. They can never be paroled. Lock the bad ones away. But you gotta rethink everybody else.
~ John Grisham
The story of the eighties will be the story of the Reagan administration and the many men and women who served in it, some of whom are already out on parole.
~ Dave Barry
You'd be surprised what facing life in prison without the possibility of parole will do to weaken someone's personal convictions," Burnside said.
~ Lee Goldberg
Just make sure you're not withholding information, Sandeman. Your parole officer might find it annoying." He gave me a shot to the shoulder that knocked me back a foot. "Somebody yanks my parole officer's chain, and somebody might find out why they call me the Sandman. Maybe you want to think about that." Not anytime soon.
~ Janet Evanovich
Up until now, the prospect of parole has kept us from confronting our captors with any real determination.
~ George Jackson