Prisoners Quote by Sun Tzu

The Red Army is like a furnace in which all captured soldiers are melted down and transformed the moment they come over.

— Mao Zedong

“Men are either to be kindly treated, or utterly crushed, since they can revenge lighter injuries, but not graver. Wherefore the injury we do…

— Niccolò Machiavelli

“He liked to be kindly treated, to be praised and petted, to be well fed and caressed; and they who so treated him were…

— Anthony Trollope

In the battle of Kunu-ri, more than 5,000 American soldiers were killed, wounded or taken as prisoners of war. Ninety percent of my unit…

— Charles B. Rangel

When the soldiers stand leaning on their spears, they are faint from want of food.

— Sun Tzu

Regard your soldiers as your children, and they will follow you into the deepest valleys; look upon them as your own beloved sons, and…

— Sun Tzu

“The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only thought is to protect his country and do good service…

— Sun Tzu

“Soldiers must be first treated in the first instance with humanity, but kept under control by means of iron discipline.”

— Sun Tzu

“Prisons are about addictions. Most prisoners are casualties of their own habits. They have all created victims, some in cruel and callous ways, but…

— Stephen Reid

“This is far from the norm in other countries—like Germany, for instance, which allows (and even encourages) prisoners to vote.”

— Michelle Alexander

“The prisoners stand on the other side, three of whom require their own cages. He hands out the Eucharist through a sort of mail…

— Kerry Weber

If you take into account prisoners, a large majority of African American men in some urban areas, like Chicago, have been labeled felons for…

— Michelle Alexander