Who originally stated the famous quote, "A nation is judged by how they treat their prisoners"?

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When you really analyze what some people say you come to understand just how irrelevant they were.

2006-08-29 16:47:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

Kurt Tucholsky

2006-08-29 23:41:29 · answer #2 · answered by OzobTheMerciless 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Thomas Paine

2006-08-29 23:35:25 · answer #3 · answered by Christine J 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋

" A society should be judged not by how it treats its outstanding citizens but by how it treats its criminals."

~ Fyodor Dostoevsky

2006-08-29 23:32:50 · answer #4 · answered by coragryph 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Bob. coragryph is probably right. He knows a lot of stuff.

2006-08-29 23:35:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋

Must have been a prisoner, or a liberal..enemy sympathizer!

2006-08-29 23:56:28 · answer #6 · answered by battle-ax 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋

I think he stole it !

Our faith teaches that the moral measure of our society is how we treat "the least among us." (Mt. 25).

2006-08-29 23:57:27 · answer #7 · answered by cantcu 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋