"The greatest crimes are caused by surfeit,..." - Quote by Aristotle
The greatest crimes are caused by surfeit, not by want.
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“Some men turn every quality or art into a means of making money; this they conceive to be the end, and to the promotion of the end all things must contribute.”
“Money originated with royalty and slavery, it has nothing to do with democracy or the struggle of the empoverished enslaved majority.”
“...in this way the structure of the universe- I mean, of the heavens and the earth and the whole world- was arranged by one harmony through the blending of the most opposite principles.”
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“Some heinous crimes justify the ultimate punishment.”
“Female murderers get sheaves of offers of marriage.”
“The vision of the anointed is one in which ills as poverty, irresponsible sex, and crime derive primarily from 'society,' rather than from individual choices and behavior. To believe in personal responsibility would be to destroy the whole special role of the anointed, whose vision casts them in the role of rescuers of people treated unfairly by 'society'.”
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“It is difficult to violently suppress people in the long run, as the example of the Soviet Union and the Eastern European countries has shown.”
“God has formed us moral agents... that we may promote the happiness of those with whom He has placed us in society, by acting honestly towards all, benevolently to those who fall within our way, respecting sacredly their rights, bodily and mental, and cherishing especially their freedom of conscience, as we value our own.”
“There are a lot of people walking around with long hair now and some trendy middle class kids in pretty clothes. But nothing changed except that we all dressed up a bit, leaving the same bastards running everything.”