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For whoever meditates a crime is guilty of the deed.
[Lat., Nam scelus intra se tacitum qui cogitat ullum,
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For whoever meditates a crime is guilty of the deed.
[Lat., Nam scelus intra se tacitum qui cogitat ullum,
Facti crimen habet.]
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenceless!
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenceless!
Fear follows crime, and is its punishment.
Fear follows crime, and is its punishment.
Whenever man commits a crime heaven finds a witness.
Whenever man commits a crime heaven finds a witness.
Every crime destroys more Edens than our own.
Every crime destroys more Edens than our own.
There are few better measures of the concern a society has for its individual members and its own well being read more
There are few better measures of the concern a society has for its individual members and its own well being than the way it handles criminals.
The punishment of criminals should be of use; when a man is hanged he is good for nothing
The punishment of criminals should be of use; when a man is hanged he is good for nothing
Society prepares the crime, the criminal commits it
Society prepares the crime, the criminal commits it
With his hand upon the throttle-valve of crime.
With his hand upon the throttle-valve of crime.
