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Fear follows crime, and is its punishment.
Fear follows crime, and is its punishment.
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.
Whenever man commits a crime heaven finds a witness.
Whenever man commits a crime heaven finds a witness.
We don't seem to be able to check crime, so why not legalize it and then tax it out of read more
We don't seem to be able to check crime, so why not legalize it and then tax it out of business.
 By his own verdict no guilty man was ever acquitted.
 [Lat., Se judice, nemo nocens absolvitur.]  
 By his own verdict no guilty man was ever acquitted.
 [Lat., Se judice, nemo nocens absolvitur.] 
Society prepares the crime, the criminal commits it
Society prepares the crime, the criminal commits it
I am mortified to be told that, in the United States of America, the sale of a book can become read more
I am mortified to be told that, in the United States of America, the sale of a book can become a subject of inquiry, and of criminal inquiry too.
 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.] 
Sport hunting is a crime. My sympathies are with the fox.
Sport hunting is a crime. My sympathies are with the fox.