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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.
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?
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.]
Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
He who profits by a crime commits it
He who profits by a crime commits it
Capital punishment is as fundamentally wrong as a cure for crime as charity is wrong as a cure for poverty.
Capital punishment is as fundamentally wrong as a cure for crime as charity is wrong as a cure for poverty.
Society prepares the crime, the criminal commits it
Society prepares the crime, the criminal commits it
Whoever profits by the crime is guilty of it.
Whoever profits by the crime is guilty of it.
He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.
He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.
