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I have too great a soul to die like a criminal.
I have too great a soul to die like a criminal.
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.
I hate this "crime doesn't pay" stuff. Crime in the United States is perhaps one of the biggest businesses in read more
I hate this "crime doesn't pay" stuff. Crime in the United States is perhaps one of the biggest businesses in the world today.
Whoever profits by the crime is guilty of it.
Whoever profits by the crime is guilty of it.
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?
It is worse that a crime, it is a blunder.
[Fr., C'est plus qu'un crime, c'est une faute.]
It is worse that a crime, it is a blunder.
[Fr., C'est plus qu'un crime, c'est une faute.]
The real significance of crime is in its being a breach of faith with the community of mankind.
The real significance of crime is in its being a breach of faith with the community of mankind.
Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.
Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.
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.]