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> [Crimes were committed to punish crimes, and crimes were committed to prevent crimes. The world has been filled with prisons and dungeons, with chains and whips, with crosses and gibbets, with thumbscrews and racks, with hangmen and heads-men — and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-green-ingersoll/crimes-were-committed-to-punish-crimes-and-crimes-were-committed-to/)

[Robert Green Ingersoll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-green-ingersoll/)

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> [Certain crimes cannot be prevented unless there is a daily collective work done diligently.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kiran-bedi/certain-crimes-cannot-be-prevented-unless-there-is-a-daily-collective/)

[Kiran Bedi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kiran-bedi/)

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