Quote by Freda Adler
Stripped of ethical rationalizations and philosophical pretensions

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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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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The passionate controversies of one era are viewed as sterile preoccupations by another, for knowledge alters what we seek as well as what we find. – Freda Adler

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Knowledge
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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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Crime
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Crime is a fact of the human species, a fact of that species alone, but it is above all the secret aspect, impenetrable and hidden. Crime hides, and by far the most terrifying things are those which elude us. – Georges Bataille

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Crime

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

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Crime

Dont steal. The government hates competition. – Anon.

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Crime

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

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Crime

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