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

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That man is a creature who needs order yet yearns for change is the creative contradiction at the heart of the laws which structure his conformity and define his deviancy. – Freda Adler

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Change
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The type of fig leaf which each culture employs to cover its social taboos offers a twofold description of its morality. It reveals that certain unacknowledged behavior exists and it suggests the form that such behavior takes. – Freda Adler

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Superstition
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There is another side to chivalry. If it dispenses leniency, it may with equal justification invoke control. – Freda Adler

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Bravery
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Crime
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The thief. Once committed beyond a certain point he should not worry himself too much about not being a thief any more. Thieving is Gods message to him. Let him try and be a good thief. – Samuel Butler

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Crime

Every rascal is not a thief, but every thief is a rascal. – Aristotle

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Crime

Dont steal. The government hates competition. – Anon.

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Crime

Abscond. To move in a mysterious way, commonly with the property of another. – Ambrose Bierce

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Like my vodka, my marriage is on the rocks. – Craig D. Slovak

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