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It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.
It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.
I have too great a soul to die like a criminal.
I have too great a soul to die like a criminal.
By his own verdict no guilty man was ever acquitted.
[Lat., Se judice, nemo nocens absolvitur.]
By his own verdict no guilty man was ever acquitted.
[Lat., Se judice, nemo nocens absolvitur.]
Purposelessness is the fruitful mother of crime.
Purposelessness is the fruitful mother of crime.
Organized crime constitutes nothing less than a guerilla war against society.
Organized crime constitutes nothing less than a guerilla war against society.
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenceless!
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenceless!
What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.
What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.
With his hand upon the throttle-valve of crime.
With his hand upon the throttle-valve of crime.
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.]
