We don't seem to be able to check crime, so why not legalize it and then tax it out of read more

We don't seem to be able to check crime, so why not legalize it and then tax it out of business.

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.

Wicked deeds are generally done, even with impunity, for the mere
desire of occupation.
[Lat., Solent occupationis spe read more

Wicked deeds are generally done, even with impunity, for the mere
desire of occupation.
[Lat., Solent occupationis spe vel impune quaedam scelesta
committi.]

If you do big things they print your face, and if you do little things they print only your thumbs.

If you do big things they print your face, and if you do little things they print only your thumbs.

It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.

It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.

He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.

He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.

Obviously crime pays, or there'd be no crime.

Obviously crime pays, or there'd be no crime.

I have too great a soul to die like a criminal.

I have too great a soul to die like a criminal.

Whenever man commits a crime heaven finds a witness.

Whenever man commits a crime heaven finds a witness.