Quotes by Foucault, Michel

Freedom of conscience entails more dangers than authority and despotis >>

Chance does not speak essentially through words nor can it be seen in >>

Power is not an institution, and not a structure; neither is it a cert >>

Quotations about Punishment

If your buttocks burn, you know you have done wrong. >>

If he who breaks the law is not punished, he who obeys it is cheated. >>

When God punishes a land, he deprives it leaders of wisdom. >>

In its function, the power to punish is not essentially different from that of curing or educating.

Foucault, Michel