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Martin Luther King Jr.

Prison bars cannot contain the truth; they only serve to amplify it.

— Martin Luther King Jr.
Edward Snowden

The history of American politics is littered with instances of government officials abusing their power to imprison individuals for their beliefs or associations.

— Edward Snowden
Angela Davis

The struggle for justice doesn't end with the imprisonment of those who fight for it; it only intensifies.

— Angela Davis
Nelson Mandela

When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.

— Nelson Mandela
Václav Havel

Political prisoners are not forgotten heroes; they are our conscience in chains.

— Václav Havel
John Lewis, Civil Rights Leader & Congressman

I have been in jail four times. I am not afraid of being in jail again.

— John Lewis, Civil Rights Leader & Congressman
Charles Goodell, U.S. Senator

I have come to acknowledge that we do have, and that we always have had, political prisoners in America.

— Charles Goodell, U.S. Senator
Henry David Thoreau

Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison.

— Henry David Thoreau
Andrew Young, Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations

We still have hundreds of people that I would categorize as political prisoners. Maybe even thousands, depending on how you categorize them.

— Andrew Young, Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
Desmond Tutu

The most certain way to ensure that you are doing nothing to help a political prisoner is to stay silent about their plight.

— Desmond Tutu
Edward Snowden

When exposing a crime is treated as committing a crime, you are being ruled by criminals.

— Edward Snowden
Eugene V. Debs, Labor Leader & Political Prisoner

While there is a lower class, I am in it; while there is a criminal element, I am of it; while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.

— Eugene V. Debs, Labor Leader & Political Prisoner