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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.
Fear follows crime, and is its punishment.
Fear follows crime, and is its punishment.
Providence sees to it that no man gets happiness out of crime.
Providence sees to it that no man gets happiness out of crime.
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.
Successful crime is dignified with the name of virtue; the good
become the slaves of the impious; might makes read more
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.]
'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.
Where crime is taught from early years, it becomes a part of
nature.
[Lat., Ars fit ubi a read more
Where crime is taught from early years, it becomes a part of
nature.
[Lat., Ars fit ubi a teneris crimen condiscitur annis.]
What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.
What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few.
Sport hunting is a crime. My sympathies are with the fox.
Sport hunting is a crime. My sympathies are with the fox.
