While we diminish the stimulant of fear, we must increase to prisoners the incitements of hope, in proportion as we extinguish the terrors of the law, we should awaken and strengthen the control of the conscience.

Quote by Dorothea Dix

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Man is not made better by being degraded; he is seldom restrained from crime by...

Man is not made better by being degraded; he is seldom restrained from crime by...

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

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