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> [“Since time began man has been struggling with the problem of behavior. In early days, when almost every human attribute had its counterpart in celestial spheres, with favorite gods who presided over particular human emotions, an offense by a mortal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-e-lawes/since-time-began-man-has-been-struggling-with-the-problem-of-behavior/)

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> [“I am not afraid to die," he said. "We've all got to die. I've never had a headache, never had tuberculosis, or rheumatism, never been sick. I'm glad to die in the possession of all my faculties, but I am…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-e-lawes/i-am-not-afraid-to-die-he-said-we-ve-all-got-to-die-i-ve-never-had-a/)

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## More by Lewis E. Lawes

> [“I accompanied him to the first aid clinic to look at the would-be suicide. He was unconscious. Nurses were already on the spot with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-e-lawes/i-accompanied-him-to-the-first-aid-clinic-to-look-at-the-would-be/)

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> [“What Mr. Osborne did not see clearly was that prisoners are, actually, people who have quarreled with the law. That regardless of motivating forces…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-e-lawes/what-mr-osborne-did-not-see-clearly-was-that-prisoners-are-actually/)

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> [“What is this thing Law that brands man with the indelible insignia of shame from which he can never escape? Law is the process…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-e-lawes/what-is-this-thing-law-that-brands-man-with-the-indelible-insignia-of/)

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> [“Since time began man has been struggling with the problem of behavior. In early days, when almost every human attribute had its counterpart in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-e-lawes/since-time-began-man-has-been-struggling-with-the-problem-of-behavior/)

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> [Never give a man up until he has failed at something he likes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-e-lawes/never-give-a-man-up-until-he-has-failed-at-something-he-likes/)

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> [“He proceeded on the theory that confinement within the walls of the prison was punishment. That the law never intended to confine prisoners within…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-e-lawes/he-proceeded-on-the-theory-that-confinement-within-the-walls-of-the/)

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> [“Prison is the easiest way out for authority, as locks and keys are the warden's simplest tools. It does not require strong imagination or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-e-lawes/prison-is-the-easiest-way-out-for-authority-as-locks-and-keys-are-the/)

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> [“You've been with us a long time, Warden," he continued. "Have you ever found a man who really wants to be bad? Unconventional, yes.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-e-lawes/you-ve-been-with-us-a-long-time-warden-he-continued-have-you-ever/)

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> [“Guidance rather than deterrence is the answer to crime. It is the only course that promises permanence. Prison walls must not be permitted to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-e-lawes/guidance-rather-than-deterrence-is-the-answer-to-crime-it-is-the-only/)

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> [As if one crime of such nature, done by a single man, acting individually, can be expiated by a similar crime done by all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-e-lawes/as-if-one-crime-of-such-nature-done-by-a-single-man-acting/)

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> [“To Max the law did not inspire respect but fear. Whom men fear, they do not respect.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-e-lawes/to-max-the-law-did-not-inspire-respect-but-fear-whom-men-fear-they-do/)

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> [“I am not afraid to die," he said. "We've all got to die. I've never had a headache, never had tuberculosis, or rheumatism, never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-e-lawes/i-am-not-afraid-to-die-he-said-we-ve-all-got-to-die-i-ve-never-had-a/)

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> [“Prisoners resent being questioned about crime motives. That is why psychiatry and psychological treatment in prisons have accomplished little with prisoners. The trouble is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-e-lawes/prisoners-resent-being-questioned-about-crime-motives-that-is-why/)

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> [“Yet it was Emerson who said that "I have never heard of a crime which I might not have committed.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-e-lawes/yet-it-was-emerson-who-said-that-i-have-never-heard-of-a-crime-which/)

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> [“The idea of having baseball games at Sing Sing and bringing in a high school team to play with the crooks at Sing Sing!…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-e-lawes/the-idea-of-having-baseball-games-at-sing-sing-and-bringing-in-a-high/)

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