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All prisons that have existed in our society to date put people away as no human being should ever be put away.

Barbara Deming

The point is to change one’s life. The point is not to give some vent to the emotions that have been destroying one; the point is so to act that one can master them now.
BARBARA DEMING

Destroying Emotion Giving
We believe, in fact, that the one act of respect has little force unless matched by the other – in balance with it… The acting out of that dual respect I would name as precisely the source of our power.
BARBARA DEMING

Balance Believe Name
People may find it more comfortable to listen to us if we equivocate, but in the long run only words that discomfort them are going to change our situation.
BARBARA DEMING

Change Long Running
A great many of us must move from words to acts – from words of dissent to acts of disobedience.
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Great Men Moving Obedience
Vengeance is not the point: change is.
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Change Point Vengeanc
Nonviolent action does not have to get others to be nice. It can in effect force them to consult their consciences.
BARBARA DEMING

Action Doe Nice
Nonviolent tactics can move into action on our behalf men not naturally inclined to act for us.
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Men Moving Tactic
A liberation movement that is nonviolent sets the oppressor free as well as the oppressed.
BARBARA DEMING

Liberation Movement Strength
Of course it can be said of jails, too, that they try – by punishing the troublesome – to deter others. No doubt, in certain instances this deterrence actually works. But generally speaking it fails conspicuously.
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Doubt Jail Trying
Vengeance is not the point; change is. But the trouble is that in most people’s minds the thought of victory and the thought of punishing the enemy coincide.
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Change Mind People
There should be no censorship of mail.
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Censorship Mail Regulation Strict
Surely all of us are nerved by one another, catch courage from one another.
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Another Courage Nerve Surely
We cannot live without our lives
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Happen Life Live Our Surrounding
Our own pulse beats in every stranger’s throat.
BARBARA DEMING

Pulse Spiritual Stranger
It is one thing to be able to state the price the antagonist paid, another to be able to count you own real gains.
BARBARA DEMING

Able Antagonist Gains Real
After the revolution, it might very well remain necessary to place people where they could not do harm to others. But the one under restraint should be cut off from the rest of society as little as possible.
BARBARA DEMING

Cutting Harm Little People Revolution

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