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Crime is a product of social excess.
Crime is a product of social excess.
He who profits by a crime commits it
He who profits by a crime commits it
Many commit the same crimes with a very different result. One
bears a cross for his crime; another a read more
Many commit the same crimes with a very different result. One
bears a cross for his crime; another a crown.
[Lat., Multi committunt eadem diverso crimina fato;
Ille crucem scleris pretium tulit, hic diadema.]
Small crimes always precede great ones. Never have we seen timid innocence pass suddenly to extreme licentiousness.
Small crimes always precede great ones. Never have we seen timid innocence pass suddenly to extreme licentiousness.
Capital punishment is as fundamentally wrong as a cure for crime as charity is wrong as a cure for poverty.
Capital punishment is as fundamentally wrong as a cure for crime as charity is wrong as a cure for poverty.
Every crime destroys more Edens than our own.
Every crime destroys more Edens than our own.
It is grievous to be caught.
[Lat., Deprendi miserum est.]
It is grievous to be caught.
[Lat., Deprendi miserum est.]
Crime is not punished as an offense against God, but as
prejudicial to society.
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Crime is not punished as an offense against God, but as
prejudicial to society.
- James Anthony Froude,
Capitalism is glorified institutionalized street crime.
Capitalism is glorified institutionalized street crime.
