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title: "3 Prevent Crimes Quotes by 3 authors"
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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,…](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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> [The criminals are bad specimens of human beings. It is the duty of the government to eliminate crimes. They should try to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-joseph-benziger/the-criminals-are-bad-specimens-of-human-beings-it-is-the-duty-of-the/)

[T Joseph Benziger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-joseph-benziger/)

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> [It is better to prevent crimes than to punish them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cesare-beccaria/it-is-better-to-prevent-crimes-than-to-punish-them/)

[Cesare Beccaria](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cesare-beccaria/)

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