Commodity Quote by Mahatma Gandhi
“Liberty is a dearly bought commodity and prisons are factories where it is manufactured.”
About This Quote
Source Speech: Prison Reform Address, 1931
Freedom is costly; prisons produce the very loss they claim to prevent
In simple terms: Freedom is expensive; prisons create oppression
Value freedom, reform incarceration
Themes
Mood
Type
When to use this quote
- activism
- policy making
- education
Key Concepts
Questions to Reflect On
- What alternatives to imprisonment exist?
- How can societies protect freedom?
Reform faces political resistance