All prisons that have existed in our society to date put people away as no human being should ever be put away.
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This is the heart of my argument: We can put more pressure on the antagonist for whom we show human concern.Barbara Deming
A great many of us must move from words to acts - from words of dissent to acts of disobedience.
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The longer we listen to one another - with real attention - the more commonality we will find in all our lives. That is, if we are careful to exchange with one another life stories and not simply opinions.
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But if institutions of restraint might still be necessary, they should no longer be institutions of punishment at the same time.
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To impose upon another man's freedom to kill, or his freedom to help to kill, to recruit to kill, is not to violate his person in a fundamental way.
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Punishment cannot heal spirits, can only break them.
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