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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.
Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.
Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.
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.]
Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
Purposelessness is the fruitful mother of crime.
Purposelessness is the fruitful mother of crime.
What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.
What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.
Disgrace does not consist in the punishment, but in the crime.
[It., Non nella pena,
Nel delitto read more
Disgrace does not consist in the punishment, but in the crime.
[It., Non nella pena,
Nel delitto e la infamia.]
He who profits by a crime commits it
He who profits by a crime commits it
