Quote by Michel Foucault
In its function, the power to punish is not essentially different

In its function, the power to punish is not essentially different from that of curing or educating. – Michel Foucault

Other quotes by Michel Foucault

Chance does not speak essentially through words nor can it be seen in their convolution. It is the eruption of language, its sudden appearance. Its not a night twinkle with stars, an illuminated sleep, nor a drowsy vigil. It is the very edge of consciousness. – Michel Foucault

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Chance
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Justice must always question itself, just as society can exist only by means of the work it does on itself and on its institutions. – Michel Foucault

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Society
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Power is not an institution, and not a structure neither is it a certain strength we are endowed with it is the name that one attributes to a complex strategical situation in a particular society. – Michel Foucault

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Punishment
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No one provokes me with impunity. – Mary Queen Of Scots

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Prisons dont rehabilitate, they dont punish, they dont protect, so what the hell do they do? – Jerry Brown

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Capital punishment would be more effective as a preventive measure if it were administered prior to the crime. – Woody Allen

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Well, theres no one at all, they do be saying, but is deserving of some punishment from the very minute of his birth. – Lady Gregory

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I feel sorry for the person who cant get genuinely excited about his work. Not only will he never be satisfied, but he will never achieve anything worthwhile. – Walter Chrysler

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