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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.”

Whole Individual Discipline Prison Pursue Jail Mechanism Elsewhere Self Discipline

Author:Michel Foucault

“Only let a man say that he will do something and a whole mechanism goes to work to stop him.”

Men Whole Difficulty Mechanism

Author:John Steinbeck

“To me, it appears no unjust simile to compare the affairs of this great Continent to the mechanism of a clock, each state representing some one or other of the smaller parts of it which they are endeavoring to put in fine order without considering how useless & unavailing their labor is unless the great Wheel or Spring which is to set the whole in motion is also well attended to & kept in good order.”

Wells States Whole Order Fine Spring Labor Affair Useless Compare Clock Wheels Mechanism Continents Considering Unjust Simile Representing

Book:The writings of George Washington from the original manuscript sources, 1745-1799

Source: The writings of George Washington from the original manuscript sources, 1745-1799