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title: "4 Greatest Criminal Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [Government is, and always has been, the greatest criminal threat to the peaceful members of society.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-ebeling/government-is-and-always-has-been-the-greatest-criminal-threat-to-the/)

[Richard Ebeling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-ebeling/)

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> [“I said that he was my superior in observation and deduction. If the art of the detective began and ended in reasoning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-conan-doyle/i-said-that-he-was-my-superior-in-observation-and-deduction-if-the/)

[Arthur Conan Doyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-conan-doyle/)

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> [The most absurd apology for authority and law is that they serve to diminish crime. Aside from the fact that the State…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-goldman/the-most-absurd-apology-for-authority-and-law-is-that-they-serve-to/)

[Emma Goldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-goldman/)

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> [“Thought is really the most mischievous thing in life, the greatest criminal.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jiddu-krishnamurti/thought-is-really-the-most-mischievous-thing-in-life-the-greatest/)

[Jiddu Krishnamurti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jiddu-krishnamurti/)

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