Quote by Erving Goffman

"The asylum is not a place where the sick are cured; it is a place where certain people are confined and controlled."

Erving Goffman
Sociologist Canadian-American 1922–1982

More from Erving Goffman

"We are all actors on the stage of life, playing roles we create for ourselves."
"The self is not something that preexists our social interactions."
"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players."
"We manage the impressions we give to others to maintain a desired image."

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