History Quote by Pascal Bruckner

“One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship. The object…

— George Orwell

“Power is not a means; it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the…

— George Orwell

“But a punishment like forced labour or even imprisonment – mere loss of liberty – has never functioned without a certain additional element of…

— Michel Foucault

Torture goes against the very soul of our country. We are a democracy, established on the rule of law.

— Dianne Feinstein

“The institution of slavery was, for a quarter millennium, the conversion of human beings into currency, into machines who existed solely for the profit…

— Isabel Wilkerson

“As well you know, the laws of the land do not permit torture,”

— Annelisa Christensen

“Torture is the act of making someone die a slow death, making the prisoner die several times.”

— Elie Wiesel

“How torture is torture and humiliation is humiliation only when you choose to suffer.”

— Chuck Palahniuk

“the inquisitors of yesteryear knew only too well, as do the country snatchers of today: torture is useless for protecting people. It is only…

— Eduardo Galeano

“From their perspective, however, torture might make a sort of cockeyed sense if it was ritualistic, part of a ceremony that this fraternity of…

— Dean Koontz

Torture can destroy the social fabric of communities, degrade a society's institutions, and undermine the integrity of its political systems.

— Peter Maurer

“Torture when inflicted on children becomes indefensible. Even among those who believe that torture is a defensible practice to extract information, the case for…

— Henry A. Giroux