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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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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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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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Whenever man commits a crime heaven finds a witness.

Whenever man commits a crime heaven finds a witness.

by Edward G. Bulwer-lytton 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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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.]

by Joseph Fouche Found in: Crime Quotes,
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Small crimes always precede great ones. Never have we seen timid innocence pass suddenly to extreme licentiousness.

Small crimes always precede great ones. Never have we seen timid innocence pass suddenly to extreme licentiousness.

by Jean Baptiste Racine 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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With his hand upon the throttle-valve of crime.

With his hand upon the throttle-valve of crime.

by Lord Robert Arthur Found in: Crime Quotes,
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By his own verdict no guilty man was ever acquitted.
[Lat., Se judice, nemo nocens absolvitur.]

By his own verdict no guilty man was ever acquitted.
[Lat., Se judice, nemo nocens absolvitur.]

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