The real significance of crime is in its being a breach of faith with the community of mankind.

The real significance of crime is in its being a breach of faith with the community of mankind.

Heaven takes care that no man secures happiness by crime.
[It., Oh! ben provvide il cielo,
Ch' read more

Heaven takes care that no man secures happiness by crime.
[It., Oh! ben provvide il cielo,
Ch' uom per delitto mai lieto non sia.]

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.]

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

With his hand upon the throttle-valve of crime.

With his hand upon the throttle-valve of crime.

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.

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,

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.

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.