the only people who have proof of their sanity are those who have been discharged from mental institutions. Marshall McLuhan
While jails and prisons have been dominant institutions for the control of men, mental institutions have served a similar purpose for women. That is, deviant men have been constructed as criminal, while deviant women have been constructed as insane. Angela Davis
It takes professionalism to convince a doubting public that it should accept back into its midst many of those diagnosed as psychotics, neurotics and other sufferers who Victorian communities decided should be kept out of sight in the safety of mental institutions. Diana, Princess of Wales
Boundaries aren't all bad. That's why there are walls around mental institutions. Peggy Noonan