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Capitalism is glorified institutionalized street crime.
Capitalism is glorified institutionalized street crime.
The guilty is he who meditates a crime; the punishment is his who
lays the plot.
[It., Il read more
The guilty is he who meditates a crime; the punishment is his who
lays the plot.
[It., Il reo
D'un delitto e chi'l pensa: a chi l' ordisce
La pena spetta.]
All crime is a kind of disease and should be treated as such.
All crime is a kind of disease and should be treated as such.
Purposelessness is the fruitful mother of crime.
Purposelessness is the fruitful mother of crime.
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.]
We enact many laws that manufacture criminals, and then a few that punish them.
We enact many laws that manufacture criminals, and then a few that punish them.
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.
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.]
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.]