Crime and bad lives are the measure of a State's failure, all crime in…

H. G. Wells
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Crime and bad lives are the measure of a State's failure, all crime in the end is the crime of the community. ✨ Margaret Sanger, Michael W. Perry, H. G. Wells (2003). The Pivot of Civilization in Historical Perspective: The Birth Control Classic, p.54, Inkling Books
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Crime and bad lives are the measure of a State's failure, all crime in the end is the crime of the community. ✨ Margaret Sanger, Michael W. Perry, H. G. Wells (2003). The Pivot of Civilization in Historical Perspective: The Birth Control Classic, p.54, Inkling Books

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