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

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

Crime is a product of social excess.

Crime is a product of social excess.

Successful crime is dignified with the name of virtue; the good
become the slaves of the impious; might makes read more

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.]

There is no den in the wide world to hide a rogue. Commit a crime and the earth is made read more

There is no den in the wide world to hide a rogue. Commit a crime and the earth is made of glass.

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?

With his hand upon the throttle-valve of crime.

With his hand upon the throttle-valve of crime.

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

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

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

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

He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.

He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.