Crime is not punished as an offense against God, but as
prejudicial to society.
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Crime is not punished as an offense against God, but as
prejudicial to society.
- James Anthony Froude,

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.

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.]

With his hand upon the throttle-valve of crime.

With his hand upon the throttle-valve of crime.

Crime is a product of social excess.

Crime is a product of social excess.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

The crime of a mother is a heavy burden.
[Fr., Le crime d'une mere est un pesant fardeau.]

The crime of a mother is a heavy burden.
[Fr., Le crime d'une mere est un pesant fardeau.]

Fear follows crime, and is its punishment.

Fear follows crime, and is its punishment.

Purposelessness is the fruitful mother of crime.

Purposelessness is the fruitful mother of crime.