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    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.]

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Organized crime constitutes nothing less than a guerilla war against society.

Organized crime constitutes nothing less than a guerilla war against society.

by Lyndon Baines Johnson Found in: Crime Quotes,
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Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.

Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.

by Henry Thomas Buckle Found in: Crime Quotes,
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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.

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Obviously crime pays, or there'd be no crime.

Obviously crime pays, or there'd be no crime.

by G. Gordon Liddy Found in: Crime Quotes,
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The punishment can be remitted; the crime is everlasting.
[Lat., Poena potest demi, culpa perennis erit.]

The punishment can be remitted; the crime is everlasting.
[Lat., Poena potest demi, culpa perennis erit.]

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The guilty is he who meditates a crime; the punishment is his who
lays the plot.
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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.]

by Vittorio Alfieri Found in: Crime Quotes,
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It is worse that a crime, it is a blunder.
[Fr., C'est plus qu'un crime, c'est une faute.]

It is worse that a crime, it is a blunder.
[Fr., C'est plus qu'un crime, c'est une faute.]

by Joseph Fouche Found in: Crime Quotes,
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There's not a crime
But takes its proper change out still in crime
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There's not a crime
But takes its proper change out still in crime
If once rung on the counter of this world.

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A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenceless!

A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenceless!

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