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“In war, as in politics, no evil - even if it is permissible under the rules - is excusable unless it is absolutely necessary. Everything beyond that is a crime.”

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Author:Napoleon Bonaparte

“Fanaticism displays itself in the masses; but the masses were rarely fanaticised; and the crimes ascribed to it were commonly due to the calculations of dispassionate politicians.”

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Book:The History of Freedom (and other Essays)

Source: The History of Freedom (and other Essays)

“We ought to be very cautious and circumspect in the prosecution of magic and heresy. The attempt to put down these two crimes may be extremely perilous to liberty.”

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Author:Baron de Montesquieu

“I have doubtless erred more or less in politics, but a crime I never committed.”

Politics Crime Committed

Author:Napoleon Bonaparte

“... what's been building since the 1980's is a new kind of social Darwinism that blames poverty and crime and the crisis of our youth on a breakdown of the family. That's what will last after this flurry on family values.”

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Author:Stephanie Coontz

“On the other side, the conservative party, composed of the most moderate, able, and cultivated part of the population, is timid, and merely defensive of property. It vindicates no right, it aspires to no real good, it brands no crime, it proposes no generous policy, it does not build, nor write, nor cherish the arts, nor foster religion, nor establish schools, nor encourage science, nor emancipate the slave, nor befriend the poor, or the Indian, or the immigrant.”

“Poverty is the mother of crime.”

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Author:Marcus Aurelius

“But that's not how most of the people mentioned in this book became wealthy. Most of them became wealthy by being well connected and crooked. And they are creating a society in which they can commit hugely damaging economic crimes with impunity, and in which only children of the wealthy have the opportunity to become successful.”

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Book:Inside Job: The Financiers Who Pulled Off the Heist of the Century

Source: Inside Job: The Financiers Who Pulled Off the Heist of the Century

“We can play politics, or we can reduce crime.”

Play Politics Crime

Author:Bobby Scott

“Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country.”