Providence sees to it that no man gets happiness out of crime.

Providence sees to it that no man gets happiness out of crime.

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.

Crime is a product of social excess.

Crime is a product of social excess.

Whoever profits by the crime is guilty of it.

Whoever profits by the crime is guilty of it.

Fear follows crime, and is its punishment.

Fear follows crime, and is its punishment.

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?

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.

Sport hunting is a crime. My sympathies are with the fox.

Sport hunting is a crime. My sympathies are with the fox.

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.]