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Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

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With his hand upon the throttle-valve of crime.

With his hand upon the throttle-valve of crime.

by Lord Robert Arthur Found in: Crime Quotes,
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The guilty is he who meditates a crime; the punishment is his who
lays the plot.
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The guilty is he who meditates a crime; the punishment is his who
lays the plot.
[It., Il reo
D'un delitto e chi'l pensa: a chi l' ordisce
La pena spetta.]

by Vittorio Alfieri Found in: Crime Quotes,
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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.]

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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.

by Joseph Conrad Found in: Crime Quotes,
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And who are the greater criminals--those who sell the instruments of death, or those who buy them and use them?

And who are the greater criminals--those who sell the instruments of death, or those who buy them and use them?

by Robert Emmet Sherwood Found in: Crime Quotes,
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There's not a crime
But takes its proper change out still in crime
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There's not a crime
But takes its proper change out still in crime
If once rung on the counter of this world.

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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.

by Arthur Bugs Baer Found in: Crime Quotes,
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Organized crime constitutes nothing less than a guerilla war against society.

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

by Lyndon Baines Johnson Found in: Crime Quotes,
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