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Fear follows crime, and is its punishment.
Fear follows crime, and is its punishment.
 But many a crime deemed innocent on earth
 Is registered in Heaven; and these no doubt
  Have read more 
 But many a crime deemed innocent on earth
 Is registered in Heaven; and these no doubt
  Have each their record, with a curse annex'd. 
Organized crime constitutes nothing less than a guerilla war against society.
Organized crime constitutes nothing less than a guerilla war against society.
 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.] 
Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law.
Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law.
 The crime and not the scaffold makes the shame.
 [Fr., Le crime fait la honte et non pas l'echafaud.]  
 The crime and not the scaffold makes the shame.
 [Fr., Le crime fait la honte et non pas l'echafaud.] 
 Nor all that heralds rake from coffin'd clay,
 Nor florid prose, nor honied lies of rhyme,
  Can read more 
 Nor all that heralds rake from coffin'd clay,
 Nor florid prose, nor honied lies of rhyme,
  Can blazon evil deeds, or consecrate a crime. 
Crime is a product of social excess.
Crime is a product of social excess.
 There's not a crime
 But takes its proper change out still in crime
  If once rung on read more 
 There's not a crime
 But takes its proper change out still in crime
  If once rung on the counter of this world.