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It is grievous to be caught.
[Lat., Deprendi miserum est.]
It is grievous to be caught.
[Lat., Deprendi miserum est.]
Whoever profits by the crime is guilty of it.
Whoever profits by the crime is guilty of it.
He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.
He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.
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.
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.
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.]
Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.
Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.
Capitalism is glorified institutionalized street crime.
Capitalism is glorified institutionalized street crime.
If you do big things they print your face, and if you do little things they print only your thumbs.
If you do big things they print your face, and if you do little things they print only your thumbs.