Everything, everything in war is barbaric... But the worst barbarity of war is that it forces men collectively to commit acts against which individually they would revolt with their whole being.

Quote by Ellen Key

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Art, that great undogmatized church.

Art, that great undogmatized church.

When one paints an ideal, one does not need to limit one's imagination.

When one paints an ideal, one does not need to limit one's imagination.

Not observation of a duty but liberty itself is the pledge that assures fidelity.

Not observation of a duty but liberty itself is the pledge that assures fidelity.

The emancipation of women is practically the greatest egoistic movement of the nineteenth century, and...

The emancipation of women is practically the greatest egoistic movement of the nineteenth century, and...

Corporal punishment is as humiliating for him who gives it as for him who receives...

Corporal punishment is as humiliating for him who gives it as for him who receives...

Everything, everything in war is barbaric... But the worst barbarity of war is that it...

Everything, everything in war is barbaric... But the worst barbarity of war is that it...

The educator must above all understand how to wait; to reckon all effects in the...

The educator must above all understand how to wait; to reckon all effects in the...

At every step the child should be allowed to meet the real experience of life;...

At every step the child should be allowed to meet the real experience of life;...

Corporal punishment is as humiliating for him who gives it as for him who receives...

Corporal punishment is as humiliating for him who gives it as for him who receives...

He who does not punish evil commands it to be done.

He who does not punish evil commands it to be done.

Christianity, with its doctrine of humility, of forgiveness, of love, is incompatible with the state,...

Christianity, with its doctrine of humility, of forgiveness, of love, is incompatible with the state,...

Punishment is now unfashionable... because it creates moral distinctions among men, which, to the democratic...

Punishment is now unfashionable... because it creates moral distinctions among men, which, to the democratic...

Capital punishment is our society's recognition of the sanctity of human life.

Capital punishment is our society's recognition of the sanctity of human life.

Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood

Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem on others

One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem on others

I do not believe we can blame genetics for adultery, homosexuality, dishonesty and other character...

I do not believe we can blame genetics for adultery, homosexuality, dishonesty and other character...

Capital Punishment, a penalty regarding the justice and expediency of which many worthy persons -...

Capital Punishment, a penalty regarding the justice and expediency of which many worthy persons -...

The Will of Man Is Stronger Than Iron Bars.

The Will of Man Is Stronger Than Iron Bars.

Men simply copied the realities of their hearts when they built prisons

Men simply copied the realities of their hearts when they built prisons