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Quotes about Detention

and imprisoned them in the house of the captain of the guard, the same prison where Joseph was confined.
- Genesis 40:3
When I was younger, I had pink underneath my hair, and I got detention. I went to an all-girls school where you wore a uniform, and pink hair was not OK.
- Gia Coppola
If Iran has a policy of detaining dual nationals as a tool of diplomatic leverage, then there will be consequences for Iran. We will not let them get away with it scot-free. They have to understand this is not a sustainable situation.
- Jeremy Hunt
Now I don't know why he's denying them habeas corpus. I can only assume the guys they got detained over there did something really unforgivable. Like remind Obama he was once a professor of Constitutional Law.
- Stephen Colbert
I think I was the healthiest prisoner of conscience in the world.
- Aung San Suu Kyi
While awaiting deportation proceedings, my parents remained in detention near Boston, so I could visit them. They would have liked to fight deportation, but without a lawyer and an immigration system that rarely gives judges the discretion to allow families to stay together, they never had a chance.
- Diane Guerrero