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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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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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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 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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Set a thief to catch a thief. – Proverb

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In times of trouble leniency becomes crime. – Proverb

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All criminals turn preachers under the gallows. – Proverb

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