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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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I have too great a soul to die like a criminal.

I have too great a soul to die like a criminal.

by John Wilkes Booth Found in: Crime Quotes,
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He who profits by a crime commits it

He who profits by a crime commits it

by Seneca Found in: Crime Quotes,
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Crime is a product of social excess.

Crime is a product of social excess.

by Lenin, Vladimir 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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Whenever man commits a crime heaven finds a witness.

Whenever man commits a crime heaven finds a witness.

by Edward G. Bulwer-lytton Found in: Crime Quotes,
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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.]

by Pierre Corneille Found in: Crime Quotes,
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But many a crime deemed innocent on earth
Is registered in Heaven; and these no doubt
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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.

by William Cowper Found in: Crime Quotes,
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I realized I had been paying hit men to slaughter
cows for my table... and I stopped, but not for read more

I realized I had been paying hit men to slaughter
cows for my table... and I stopped, but not for 6 months
in which I rationalized.

by O Anna Niemus Found in: Crime Quotes,
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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.

by Joseph Conrad Found in: Crime Quotes,
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