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

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Madness is the absolute break with the work of art; it forms the constitutive moment of abolition, which dissolves in time the truth of the work of art. – Michel Foucault

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The strategic adversary is fascism… the fascism in us all, in our heads and in our everyday behavior, the fascism that causes us to love power, to desire the very thing that dominates and exploits us. – Michel Foucault

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

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Our system is the height of absurdity, since we treat the culprit both as a child, so as to have the right to punish him, and as an adult, in order to deny him consolation. – Claude Levi-Strauss

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Thwackum was for doing justice, and leaving mercy to Heaven. – Henry Fielding

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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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