You are creating a lot of the tension that we're dealing with right here.
How am I doing that?
Well, you ban smoking, you ban conjugals. Bit by bit you're stripping these men of their basic human needs.
This is a prison. These men are criminals. The whole point is to strip them of their basic human needs. If a kneejerk prissy liberal would see that we wouldn't be having the problems we're having today.
The campaign is over, Governor, so get off your soapbox.
McManus, when you look at me, what do you see?
A man.
You've heard of Olympus, right? Mount Olympus, ancient Greece, where the gods lived?
Yeah.
Well, it was a hierarchy, even among the gods. Mercury was lesser than Apollo, Apollo lesser than Zeus. Now, you run your cellblock and you think you're a god. Glynn runs the whole prison, he thinks he's a greater god. Well, guys, I am Zeus. I am omnipotent. I must be obeyed...or my thunderbolts will strike.
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