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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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Crime is not punished as an offense against God, but as
prejudicial to society.
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Crime is not punished as an offense against God, but as
prejudicial to society.
- James Anthony Froude,

by James Anthony Froude Found in: Crime Quotes,
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A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenceless!

A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenceless!

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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.]

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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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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.

by Arthur Bugs Baer Found in: Crime Quotes,
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I never killed anybody, I never raped anybody, I never committed no crimes that weren't honorable.

I never killed anybody, I never raped anybody, I never committed no crimes that weren't honorable.

by Tupac Shakur Found in: Crime Quotes,
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I have too great a soul to die like a criminal.

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

by John Wilkes Booth Found in: Crime Quotes,
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All crime is a kind of disease and should be treated as such.

All crime is a kind of disease and should be treated as such.

by Mahatma Gandhi 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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