Skip to content
quotesby

About this quote

What does it mean?
He promises to behave in prison as well as he did in public life.
In plain terms
I will follow the rules inside just like I did outside.
What can you take from it?
Behavior consistency matters.

Where it applies

  • court sentencing
  • political scandals
  • public apologies

Putting it to work

  • take responsibility
  • maintain dignity

Questions to consider

  • What defines a model citizen?
  • Does behavior change with environment?

Another view

It may imply he expects to be punished.

More from Edwin W. Edwards

  1. I did not do anything wrong as a governor. Even if you accept the verdict as it is, it doesn't indicate that.

    Permalink to quote #5

  2. Let the bastards freeze in the dark.

    Permalink to quote #7

  3. I never speak ill of dead people or live judges.

    Permalink to quote #4

Related quotes

  1. Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government; that whenever things get so far wrong as to attract their notice, they ma…

    Thomas JeffersonThomas Jefferson quote #20

  2. A government for the people must depend for its success on the intelligence, the morality, the justice, and the interest of the people themselves.

    Grover ClevelandGrover Cleveland quote #23

  3. It's insane. It's extreme. It's controlled by political interests. It has no justification in the traditional values that justify legal regulation. And we've d…

    Lawrence LessigLawrence Lessig quote #27