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“Liberty is a dearly bought commodity and prisons are factories where it is manufactured.” quote by Mahatma Gandhi
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“Liberty is a dearly bought commodity and prisons are factories where it is manufactured.”

Mahatma Gandhi

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

Key Takeaway

Value freedom, reform incarceration

Themes

freedom justice oppression

Mood

hopeful serious

Type

political philosophical

When to use this quote

  • activism
  • policy making
  • education

Key Concepts

human rights social critique

Questions to Reflect On

  • What alternatives to imprisonment exist?
  • How can societies protect freedom?
A Different Perspective

Reform faces political resistance

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