We don't seem to be able to check crime, so why not legalize it and then tax it out of read more

We don't seem to be able to check crime, so why not legalize it and then tax it out of business.

All crime is a kind of disease and should be treated as such.

All crime is a kind of disease and should be treated as such.

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

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.]

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.

Small crimes always precede great ones. Never have we seen timid innocence pass suddenly to extreme licentiousness.

Small crimes always precede great ones. Never have we seen timid innocence pass suddenly to extreme licentiousness.

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,

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Set a thief to catch a thief.