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.

It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.

It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.

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.

With his hand upon the throttle-valve of crime.

With his hand upon the throttle-valve of crime.

Whoever profits by the crime is guilty of it.

Whoever profits by the crime is guilty of it.

Sport hunting is a crime. My sympathies are with the fox.

Sport hunting is a crime. My sympathies are with the fox.

Providence sees to it that no man gets happiness out of crime.

Providence sees to it that no man gets happiness out of crime.

Obviously crime pays, or there'd be no crime.

Obviously crime pays, or there'd be no crime.

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.