"The time has arrived when patience becomes a crime and mayhem appears garbed in a manner of virtue"
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"Is it not a terrible thing to be forced by society to do things which all of us as individuals regard as abominable crimes?"
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"No crime is so great as daring to excel."
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"Never discuss Scientology with the critic. Just discuss his or her crimes, known and unknown."
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"When there is crime in society, there is no justice."
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"Poor human nature, what horrible crimes have been committed in thy name!"
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"To be born poor is not our fault, but to die poor is crime"
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"It stands to reason that unloved and unwanted children are going to get into crime."
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"Apostasy from Islam is a crime and is punishable by death."
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"If we forgive God for his crime against us, which is to have made us finite creatures, He will forgive our crime against him, which is that we are finite creatures."
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"The greatest of evils and the worst of crimes is poverty."
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"For one crime which is expiated in prison ten thousand are committed thoughtlessly by those who condemn."
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"My job is to investigate whether or not a crime is committed, can be proved and should be charged. I'm not going to comment on what to make beyond that. You know, it's not my jurisdiction, not my job, not my judgment."
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"The great thieves lead away the little thief."
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"It would degrade our country and our judicial system to permit our courts to be bullied, insulted and humiliated and the orderly progress thwarted and obstructed by defendants brought before them charged with crimes."
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"And is it not obvious that, just as it is a crime to disturb the peace when truth reigns, it is also a crime to remain at peace when the truth is being destroyed?"
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"The larger crimes are apt to be the simpler, for the bigger the crime, the more obvious, as a rule, is the motive."
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"History is but the record of crimes and misfortunes. L'histoire n'est que le tableau des crimes et des malheurs"
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"Waking a person unnecessarily should not be considered a capital crime. For a first offense, that is."
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"The infectiousness of crime is like that of the plague."
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