Prison and Freedom – Quote by Upton Sinclair

„There is one kind of prison where the man is behind bars, and everything that he desires is outside; and there is another kind where the things are behind the bars, and the man is outside.“

Upton SinclairA thought-provoking quote by Upton Sinclair about imprisonment, freedom, and the boundaries between possession and longing.
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James H. Barry was the editor of the weekly San Francisco Star and a sharp critic of the media monopolies of his time.

Upton Sinclair distinguishes between external imprisonment and a situation in which possessions or restrictions themselves become a prison.


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Prison and freedom quote by Upton Sinclair

James H. Barry was the editor of the weekly San Francisco Star. He became known for his critical views on media monopolies and their influence on public opinion, as clearly expressed in his quote about the Associated Press.

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"This concern with the basic condition of freedom -- the absence of physical constraint -- is unquestionably necessary, but is not all that is necessary. It is perfectly possible for a man to be out of prison and yet not free -- to be under no physical constraint and yet to be a psychological captive, compelled to think, feel and act as the representatives of the national State, or of some private interest within the nation, want him to think, feel and act." Aldous Huxley
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"There are always events that are played up in the media and lead to more and more people subscribing to the opinion given from the outside. This in turn leads them to build up beliefs that become a thought prison. If one is stuck in such a politically or medially predetermined thought prison, one begins to identify with it and hardly finds a way out. You have to look for a loophole to break out of this thought prison." Dr. Jörn Berninger
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