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Quote by Michel Foucault
Prison continues, on those who are entrusted to it, a work begun e

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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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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power
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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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Age
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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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Society has taught us to suppress certain things and not do certain things. – Kesha

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Full participation in government and society has been a basic right of the country symbolizing the full citizenship and equal protection of all. – Charles Rangel

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Society

One of the most destructive things thats happening in modern society is that we are losing our sense of the bonds that bind people together – which can lead to nightmares of social collapse. – Alexander McCall Smith

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Progress is measured by the degree of differentiation within a society. – Herbert Read

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