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It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.
It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.
And who are the greater criminals--those who sell the instruments of death, or those who buy them and use them?
And who are the greater criminals--those who sell the instruments of death, or those who buy them and use them?
Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.
Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.
Where crime is taught from early years, it becomes a part of
nature.
[Lat., Ars fit ubi a read more
Where crime is taught from early years, it becomes a part of
nature.
[Lat., Ars fit ubi a teneris crimen condiscitur annis.]
Purposelessness is the fruitful mother of crime.
Purposelessness is the fruitful mother of crime.
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.
I have too great a soul to die like a criminal.
I have too great a soul to die like a criminal.
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.
Crime is a product of social excess.
Crime is a product of social excess.
