Every crime destroys more Edens than our own.

Every crime destroys more Edens than our own.

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.]

Society prepares the crime, the criminal commits it

Society prepares the crime, the criminal commits it

The crime of a mother is a heavy burden.
[Fr., Le crime d'une mere est un pesant fardeau.]

The crime of a mother is a heavy burden.
[Fr., Le crime d'une mere est un pesant fardeau.]

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.

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.

Fear follows crime, and is its punishment.

Fear follows crime, and is its punishment.

I am mortified to be told that, in the United States of America, the sale of a book can become read more

I am mortified to be told that, in the United States of America, the sale of a book can become a subject of inquiry, and of criminal inquiry too.

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.