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

Many commit the same crimes with a very different result. One
bears a cross for his crime; another a read more

Many commit the same crimes with a very different result. One
bears a cross for his crime; another a crown.
[Lat., Multi committunt eadem diverso crimina fato;
Ille crucem scleris pretium tulit, hic diadema.]

If you do big things they print your face, and if you do little things they print only your thumbs.

If you do big things they print your face, and if you do little things they print only your thumbs.

We enact many laws that manufacture criminals, and then a few that punish them.

We enact many laws that manufacture criminals, and then a few that punish them.

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.

Sport hunting is a crime. My sympathies are with the fox.

Sport hunting is a crime. My sympathies are with the fox.

Organized crime constitutes nothing less than a guerilla war against society.

Organized crime constitutes nothing less than a guerilla war against society.

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.

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.]