

“Misbehavior and punishment are not opposites that cancel each other - on the contrary they breed and reinforce each other.”
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“When a child hits a child, we call it aggression.
When a child hits an adult, we call it hostility.
When an adult hits an adult, we call it assault.
When an adult hits a child, we call it discipline.”
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When a child hits an adult, we call it hostility.
When an adult hits an adult, we call it assault.
When an adult hits a child, we call it discipline.”
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“It's very contradictory for a man to teach about the murder in corporate capitalism, to isolate and expose the murderers behind it, to instruct that these madmen are completely without stops, are licentious, totally depraved — and then not make adequate preparations to defend himself from the madman's attack. Either they don't really believe their own spiel or they harbor some sort of subconscious death wish.”
― Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson
― Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson

“I'm a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will.”
― Antonio Gramsci: Prison Letters
― Antonio Gramsci: Prison Letters

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