Successful crime is dignified with the name of virtue; the good
become the slaves of the impious; might makes read more

Successful crime is dignified with the name of virtue; the good
become the slaves of the impious; might makes right; fear
silences the power of the law.
[Lat., Prosperum ac felix scelus
Virtus vocatur; sontibus patent boni;
Jus est in armis, opprimit leges timor.]

We enact many laws that manufacture criminals, and then a few that punish them.

We enact many laws that manufacture criminals, and then a few that punish them.

Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.

Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.

The real significance of crime is in its being a breach of faith with the community of mankind.

The real significance of crime is in its being a breach of faith with the community of mankind.

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

Every crime destroys more Edens than our own.

Every crime destroys more Edens than our own.

There are few better measures of the concern a society has for its individual members and its own well being read more

There are few better measures of the concern a society has for its individual members and its own well being than the way it handles criminals.

It is worse that a crime, it is a blunder.
[Fr., C'est plus qu'un crime, c'est une faute.]

It is worse that a crime, it is a blunder.
[Fr., C'est plus qu'un crime, c'est une faute.]

What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.

What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.