Stripped of ethical rationalizations and philosophical pretensions, a crime is anything that a group in power chooses to prohibit.

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That man is a creature who needs order yet yearns for change is the creative...

That man is a creature who needs order yet yearns for change is the creative...

The type of fig leaf which each culture employs to cover its social taboos offers...

The type of fig leaf which each culture employs to cover its social taboos offers...

The Rubicons which women must cross, the sex barriers which they must breach, are ultimately...

The Rubicons which women must cross, the sex barriers which they must breach, are ultimately...

There is another side to chivalry. If it dispenses leniency, it may with equal justification...

There is another side to chivalry. If it dispenses leniency, it may with equal justification...

Woman throughout the ages has been mistress to the law, as man has been its...

Woman throughout the ages has been mistress to the law, as man has been its...

Major social movements eventually fade into the landscape not because they have diminished but because...

Major social movements eventually fade into the landscape not because they have diminished but because...

The passionate controversies of one era are viewed as sterile preoccupations by another, for knowledge...

The passionate controversies of one era are viewed as sterile preoccupations by another, for knowledge...

The passionate controversies of one era are viewed as sterile preoccupations by another, for knowledge...

The passionate controversies of one era are viewed as sterile preoccupations by another, for knowledge...

Rape is the only crime in which the victim becomes the accused.

Rape is the only crime in which the victim becomes the accused.

Make crime pay. Become a Lawyer.

Make crime pay. Become a Lawyer.

Poverty may be the mother of crime, but lack of good sense is the father

Poverty may be the mother of crime, but lack of good sense is the father

To violate the law is the same crime in the emperor as in the subject

To violate the law is the same crime in the emperor as in the subject

If criminals wanted to grind justice to a halt, they could do it by banding...

If criminals wanted to grind justice to a halt, they could do it by banding...

Successful and fortunate crime is called virtue.

Successful and fortunate crime is called virtue.

Crime is a fact of the human species, a fact of that species alone, but...

Crime is a fact of the human species, a fact of that species alone, but...

Camaraderie ends when crime begins.

Camaraderie ends when crime begins.

Crime is a product of social excess

Crime is a product of social excess

Not failure, but low aim, is crime.

Not failure, but low aim, is crime.

We've got to stop focusing solely on the symptoms of crime, and start caring about...

We've got to stop focusing solely on the symptoms of crime, and start caring about...

The events of September 11 were carried out by people armed not with weapons of...

The events of September 11 were carried out by people armed not with weapons of...