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“The exile is a singular, whereas refugees tend to be thought of in the mass ... What is implied in these nuances of social standing is the respect we pay to choice. The exile appears to have made a decision, while the refugee is the very image of helplessness.”

Book:Occasional prose

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Occasional prose

This book is a compilation of thoughtful and reflective pieces, exploring a wide range of subjects with a focus on personal insight and philosophical musings. more

Author

Mary McCarthy

Mary McCarthy was a prominent American author born on June 21, 1912, and passed away on October 25, 1989. Known for her incisive social criticism and nuanced portrayal of human nature, she is considered one of the most influential figures in 20th-century American literature. more

“To all the survivors out there, I want them to know that we are stronger and more resilient than we ever knew. We survived, that should be enough but it isn't. We must work hard to become whole again, to fill our soul with love and inspiration, to live the life that was intended for us before it was disrupted by war and horrors, and help rebuild a world that is better than the one we had just left.”

Knows World Want Should War Soul Hard Enough Whole Helping Inspiration Left Hard Work Horror Stronger Live Life Survivor Survived Refugee Resilient Love And Inspiration

Author:Loung Ung

“Torture is banned but in two-thirds of the world's countries it is still being committed in secret. Too many governments still allow wrongful imprisonment, murder or "disappearance" to be carried out by their officials with impunity.”

World Stills Two Country Government Secret Thirds Murder Prison Human Rights Committed Torture Officials Imprisonment Banned Impunity Disappearance

Author:Peter Benenson

“The candle burns not for us, but for all those whom we failed to rescue from prison, who were shot on the way to prison, who were tortured, who were kidnapped, who "disappeared". That's what the candle is for”

Way Humans Rights Shots Prison Human Rights Torture Candle Rescue Amnesty Kidnapped Amnesty International

Author:Peter Benenson

“Once the concentration camps and the hell-holes of the world were in darkness. Now they are lit by the light of the Amnesty candle; the candle in barbed wire. When I first lit the Amnesty candle, I had in mind the old Chinese proverb: 'Better light a candle than curse the darkness.'”

World Mind Firsts Light Darkness Hell Prison Human Rights Holes Chinese Curse Torture Concentration Camps Candle Lit Wire Amnesty Concentration Camp Barbed Wire Chinese Proverb

Author:Peter Benenson

“We must not allow this generation to produce record numbers for the juvenile justice, runaway and homeless youth, or foster care systems.”

Care Justice Numbers Records Generations Youth Produce Prison Homeless This Generation Juvenile Runaway Foster Care Juvenile Justice

Author:Ruben Hinojosa

“Good care is taken that each state shall have its prisons . . . and other asylums; but not one building is erected nor one law enforced that would teach the people how not to contribute to these over-crowded receptacles of human misery . . . . All of our politicians are ready to deal with the effects, but not one of them is brave enough to penetrate the substratum of society and deal with the cause.”

People Humans States Enough Care Law Causes Deals Teach Taken Effects Building Ready Politician Prison Brave Misery Penetrate Crowded Asylums

Author:Victoria Woodhull

“A reform in the system of criminal jurisprudence, by which the death penalty shall no longer be inflicted . . . and by which our so-called prisons shall be virtually transformed into vast reformatory workshops, from which the unfortunate may emerge to be useful members of society, instead of the alienated citizens they now are.”

May Citizens Members Prison Criminals Reform Transformed Unfortunate Penalties Alienation Death Penalty Workshops Jurisprudence

Book:The Origin, Tendencies and Principles of Government: Or, A Review of the Rise and Fall of Nations from Early Historic Times to the Present: with Special Considerations Regarding the Future of the United States as the Representative Government of the World and the Form of Administration which Will Secure this Consummation. Also, Papers on Human Equality, as Represented by Labor and Its Representative, Money: and the Meaning and Significance of Life from a Scientific Standpoint, with Its Prophecies for the Great Future

Source: The Origin, Tendencies and Principles of Government: Or, A Review of the Rise and Fall of Nations from Early Historic Times to the Present: with Special Considerations Regarding the Future of the United States as the Representative Government of the World and the Form of Administration which Will Secure this Consummation. Also, Papers on Human Equality, as Represented by Labor and Its Representative, Money: and the Meaning and Significance of Life from a Scientific Standpoint, with Its Prophecies for the Great Future

“Nothing we do has the quickness, the sureness, the deep intelligence living at peace would have.”

Utopian Quickness

Book:Making Peace

Source: Making Peace

“TV is sometimes accused of encouraging fantasies. Its real problem, though, is that it encourages-enforces, almost-a brute realism. It is anti-Utopian in the extreme. We're discouraged from thinking that, except for a few new products, there might be a better way of doing things.”