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Purposelessness is the fruitful mother of crime.
Purposelessness is the fruitful mother of crime.
Whoever profits by the crime is guilty of it.
Whoever profits by the crime is guilty of it.
Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law.
Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law.
But many a crime deemed innocent on earth
Is registered in Heaven; and these no doubt
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But many a crime deemed innocent on earth
Is registered in Heaven; and these no doubt
Have each their record, with a curse annex'd.
And who are the greater criminals--those who sell the instruments of death, or those who buy them and use them?
And who are the greater criminals--those who sell the instruments of death, or those who buy them and use them?
Society prepares the crime, the criminal commits it
Society prepares the crime, the criminal commits it
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.
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.]
Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.
Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.