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Sarah Schulman on Justice

born 1958 United States

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Punishment, as we know, rarely does anything but produce more pain.

It is our moral obligation as human beings who share this time and this place to not punish, but rather to remain calm, to open up communication, and to place our hands gently on each other’s shoulders and say, “Think twice.”

Conflict Is Not Abuse: Overstating Harm, Community Responsibility, and the Duty of Repair (2016)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Sarah Schulman (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.