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You are not to do evil that good may come of it.
[Lat., Non faciat malum, ut inde veniat read more
You are not to do evil that good may come of it.
[Lat., Non faciat malum, ut inde veniat bonum.]
Whoever profits by the crime is guilty of it.
Whoever profits by the crime is guilty of it.
A crafty knave needs no broker.
A crafty knave needs no broker.
Organized crime constitutes nothing less than a guerilla war against society.
Organized crime constitutes nothing less than a guerilla war against society.
Obviously crime pays, or there'd be no crime.
Obviously crime pays, or there'd be no crime.
Purposelessness is the fruitful mother of crime.
Purposelessness is the fruitful mother of crime.
Nor all that heralds rake from coffin'd clay,
Nor florid prose, nor honied lies of rhyme,
Can read more
Nor all that heralds rake from coffin'd clay,
Nor florid prose, nor honied lies of rhyme,
Can blazon evil deeds, or consecrate a crime.
I have too great a soul to die like a criminal.
I have too great a soul to die like a criminal.
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.