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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
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.
The crime and not the scaffold makes the shame.
[Fr., Le crime fait la honte et non pas l'echafaud.]
The crime and not the scaffold makes the shame.
[Fr., Le crime fait la honte et non pas l'echafaud.]
'Tis no sin love's fruits to steal;
But the sweet thefts to reveal;
To be taken, to read more
'Tis no sin love's fruits to steal;
But the sweet thefts to reveal;
To be taken, to be seen,
These have crimes accounted been.
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.
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.
Capitalism is glorified institutionalized street crime.
Capitalism is glorified institutionalized street 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.
He who profits by a crime commits it
He who profits by a crime commits it