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    Successful crime is dignified with the name of virtue; the good
    become the slaves of the impious; might makes right; fear
    silences the power of the law.
    [Lat., Prosperum ac felix scelus
    Virtus vocatur; sontibus patent boni;
    Jus est in armis, opprimit leges timor.]

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For whoever meditates a crime is guilty of the deed.
[Lat., Nam scelus intra se tacitum qui cogitat ullum,
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For whoever meditates a crime is guilty of the deed.
[Lat., Nam scelus intra se tacitum qui cogitat ullum,
Facti crimen habet.]

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Whoever profits by the crime is guilty of it.

Whoever profits by the crime is guilty of it.

by Anonymous Found in: Crime Quotes,
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The punishment of criminals should be of use; when a man is hanged he is good for nothing

The punishment of criminals should be of use; when a man is hanged he is good for nothing

by Voltaire Found in: Crime Quotes,
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There's not a crime
But takes its proper change out still in crime
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There's not a crime
But takes its proper change out still in crime
If once rung on the counter of this world.

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Organized crime constitutes nothing less than a guerilla war against society.

Organized crime constitutes nothing less than a guerilla war against society.

by Lyndon Baines Johnson Found in: Crime Quotes,
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He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.

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

by Seneca Found in: Crime Quotes,
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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?

by Robert Emmet Sherwood Found in: Crime Quotes,
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Purposelessness is the fruitful mother of crime.

Purposelessness is the fruitful mother of crime.

by Charles H. Parkhurst Found in: Crime Quotes,
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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

by Edmund Burke Found in: Crime Quotes,
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