Ward System

Famous quotes containing the words ward and/or system:

“Work elevates, idleness degrades.”
—Mrs. H. O. Ward (1824–1899)

“Our system is the height of absurdity, since we treat the culprit both as a child, so as to have the right to punish him, and as an adult, in order to deny him consolation.”
—Claude Lévi-Strauss (b. 1908)