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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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## 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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