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There are few better measures of the concern a society has for its individual members and its own well being read more
There are few better measures of the concern a society has for its individual members and its own well being than the way it handles criminals.
Society prepares the crime, the criminal commits it
Society prepares the crime, the criminal commits it
Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
He who profits by a crime commits it
He who profits by a crime commits it
Purposelessness is the fruitful mother of crime.
Purposelessness is the fruitful mother of crime.
I have too great a soul to die like a criminal.
I have too great a soul to die like a criminal.
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.]
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.]
Capitalism is glorified institutionalized street crime.
Capitalism is glorified institutionalized street crime.
