Man is not made better by being degraded; he is seldom restrained from crime by harsh measures, except the principle of fear predominates in his character; and then he is never made radically better for its influence.

Quote by Dorothea Dix

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While we diminish the stimulant of fear, we must increase to prisoners the incitements of...

While we diminish the stimulant of fear, we must increase to prisoners the incitements of...

The tapestry of history has no point at which you can cut it and leave...

The tapestry of history has no point at which you can cut it and leave...

In a world where there is so much to be done, I felt strongly impressed...

In a world where there is so much to be done, I felt strongly impressed...

I come to present the strong claims of suffering humanity. I come to place before...

I come to present the strong claims of suffering humanity. I come to place before...

A man usually values that most for which he has labored; he uses that most...

A man usually values that most for which he has labored; he uses that most...

I think even lying on my bed I can still do something.

I think even lying on my bed I can still do something.

The reason husbands and wives do not understand each other is because they belong to...

The reason husbands and wives do not understand each other is because they belong to...

Sex in a woman's world has the same currency a penny has in a man's....

Sex in a woman's world has the same currency a penny has in a man's....

I say I dont sleep with married men, but what I mean is that I...

I say I dont sleep with married men, but what I mean is that I...

I could not lose unless I was caught in bed with a dead girl or...

I could not lose unless I was caught in bed with a dead girl or...

After making love I said to my girl, Was it good for you too? And...

After making love I said to my girl, Was it good for you too? And...

For the past twenty years you and I have been fed all day long on...

For the past twenty years you and I have been fed all day long on...

It is not sex that gives the pleasure, but the lover.

It is not sex that gives the pleasure, but the lover.

Sex without love is merely healthy exercise.

Sex without love is merely healthy exercise.

Remember, if you smoke after sex you're doing it too fast.

Remember, if you smoke after sex you're doing it too fast.

What pornographic literature does is precisely to drive a wedge between one's existence as a...

What pornographic literature does is precisely to drive a wedge between one's existence as a...

The difference between sex and death is that with death you can do it alone...

The difference between sex and death is that with death you can do it alone...

The big difference between sex for money and sex for free is that sex for...

The big difference between sex for money and sex for free is that sex for...

Sex is a two-way treat.

Sex is a two-way treat.

I never really had a childhood. I was around adults all the time. My favorite...

I never really had a childhood. I was around adults all the time. My favorite...