| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 27184 |
| QUOTATION: | One of the tests of the civilization of people is the treatment of its criminals. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893), U.S. president. Diary and Letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes: Nineteenth President of the United States, vol. V, p. 121, ed. Charles Richard Williams, The Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society, 5 vols. (1922-1926), Diary (October 30, 1892).
Hayes was president of the National Prison Association. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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