The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.


The House of the Dead (1862) as translated by Constance Garnett; as cited in The Yale Book of Quotations (2006) by Fred R. Shapiro, p. 210

Fyodor Dostoyevsky Quotes

The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.

The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.

The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.

The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.