Oz, Season One

Tim McManus:
You are creating a lot of the tension that we're dealing with right here.

James Devlin:
How am I doing that?

Tim McManus:
Well, you ban smoking, you ban conjugals. Bit by bit you're stripping these men of their basic human needs.

James Devlin:
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.

Tim McManus:
The campaign is over, Governor, so get off your soapbox.

James Devlin:
McManus, when you look at me, what do you see?

Tim McManus:
A man.

James Devlin:
You've heard of Olympus, right? Mount Olympus, ancient Greece, where the gods lived?

Tim McManus:
Yeah.

James Devlin:
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.