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Sport hunting is a crime. My sympathies are with the fox.
Sport hunting is a crime. My sympathies are with the fox.
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.
You are not to do evil that good may come of it.
[Lat., Non faciat malum, ut inde veniat read more
You are not to do evil that good may come of it.
[Lat., Non faciat malum, ut inde veniat bonum.]
The punishment of criminals should be of use; when a man is hanged he is good for nothing
The punishment of criminals should be of use; when a man is hanged he is good for nothing
Wicked deeds are generally done, even with impunity, for the mere
desire of occupation.
[Lat., Solent occupationis spe read more
Wicked deeds are generally done, even with impunity, for the mere
desire of occupation.
[Lat., Solent occupationis spe vel impune quaedam scelesta
committi.]
Crime is a product of social excess.
Crime is a product of social excess.
He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.
He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.
With his hand upon the throttle-valve of crime.
With his hand upon the throttle-valve of crime.
Providence sees to it that no man gets happiness out of crime.
Providence sees to it that no man gets happiness out of crime.
