Quote by Michel Foucault
Justice must always question itself, just as society can exist onl

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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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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Madness
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Prison continues, on those who are entrusted to it, a work begun elsewhere, which the whole of society pursues on each individual through innumerable mechanisms of discipline. – Michel Foucault

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Society
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If repression has indeed been the fundamental link between power, knowledge, and sexuality since the classical age, it stands to reason that we will not be able to free ourselves from it except at a considerable cost. – Michel Foucault

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Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions. – Samuel Johnson

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The one thing that advances a society is not technology or so-called development its love – that one principle. – Tom Shadyac

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No one would talk much in society if they knew how often they misunderstood others. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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I think every artist should follow their vision, their hearts is what they need to reveal, not something that society is looking out for. – Serj Tankian

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Weve got this gift of love, but love is like a precious plant. You cant just accept it and leave it in the cupboard or just think its going to get on by itself. Youve got to keep watering it. Youve got to really look after it and nurture it. – John Lennon

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