Purposelessness is the fruitful mother of crime.

Purposelessness is the fruitful mother of crime.

Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.

Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.

With his hand upon the throttle-valve of crime.

With his hand upon the throttle-valve of crime.

Where crime is taught from early years, it becomes a part of
nature.
[Lat., Ars fit ubi a read more

Where crime is taught from early years, it becomes a part of
nature.
[Lat., Ars fit ubi a teneris crimen condiscitur annis.]

Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law.

Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law.

The greatest crimes do not arise from a want of feeling for others but from an over-sensibility for ourselves and read more

The greatest crimes do not arise from a want of feeling for others but from an over-sensibility for ourselves and an over-indulgence to our own desires

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.]

I realized I had been paying hit men to slaughter
cows for my table... and I stopped, but not for read more

I realized I had been paying hit men to slaughter
cows for my table... and I stopped, but not for 6 months
in which I rationalized.

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.