Civilization Quote by Fyodor Dostoevsky

The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

One of the tests of the civilization of people is the treatment of its criminals.

— Rutherford B. Hayes

There are hundreds of prisons - sexual, political, cultural. But being a prisoner also gives you impetus.

— Gerald Stern

It is said that no one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails. A nation should not be judged by…

— Nelson Mandela

You can tell a lot about a civilization by the quality of the people found in its jails.

— David Gerrold

The occupation and robbery of a nation occurs under the illusion of freeing its citizens from brutal oppression.

— Ramman Kenoun

No one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails. A nation should not be judged by how it treats its…

— Nelson Mandela

There is a difference between the inmates of your criminal prisons and the inmates of your cultural prison: The former understand that the distribution…

— Daniel Quinn

In basic terms, civilization is dependent upon the spontaneity and fulfillment of the individual. Your civilization is in sad straits. Not because you are…

— Seth

The prison is not the only institution that has posed complex challenges to the people who have lived with it and have become so…

— Angela Davis

“[Prison] relieves us of the responsibility of seriously engaging with the problems of our society, especially those produced by racism and, increasingly, global capitalism.”

— Angela Y. Davis

The way people are treated in them [prisons] is very similar to gulags.

— Jerry Brown