Joshua Herbord

“No more self-defeating device could be discovered than the one society has developed in dealing with the criminal. It proclaims his career in such loud and dramatic forms that both he and the community accept the judgment as a fixed description. He becomes conscious of himself as a criminal, and the community expects him to live up to his reputation, and will not credit him if he does not live up to it.”
― Frank Tannenbaum

“Better to reign in Hell, than to serve in Heaven.”
― John Milton, Paradise Lost

“It is more noble to give yourself completely to one individual than to labor diligently for the salvation of the masses.”
― Dag Hammarskjold