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He who profits by a crime commits it
He who profits by a crime commits it
Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.
Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.
 Crime is not punished as an offense against God, but as 
prejudicial to society.
   - James read more 
 Crime is not punished as an offense against God, but as 
prejudicial to society.
   - James Anthony Froude, 
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
 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. 
 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.] 
Fear follows crime, and is its punishment.
Fear follows crime, and is its punishment.
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenceless!
A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenceless!