Famous quote by Edward Livingston

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"By this act the president alone is empowered to make the law, to fix in his mind what acts, words, what thoughts or looks, shall constitute such a crime"

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This quote is written / told by Edward Livingston between May 26, 1764 and May 23, 1836. He/she was a famous Judge from USA. The author also have 2 other quotes.

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"Peace is the virtue of civilization. War is its crime"

"Behind every great fortune lies a great crime"

"Poverty is like punishment for a crime you didn't commit"

"Crime when it succeeds is called virtue"

"The only medicine for suffering, crime, and all the other woes of mankind, is wisdom"

"Capital punishment is as fundamentally wrong as a cure for crime as charity is wrong as a cure for poverty"

"To make crime unprofitable, let the government run it"

"Make crime pay. Become a lawyer"

Will Rogers, Actor

"He who allows oppression shares the crime"

"He has committed the crime who profits by it"