Clarence Darrow Clarence Darrow says: "The only

Clarence Darrow says: "The only way in the road to abolish crime is to abolish the big ones and the little ones together. Make fair conditions in life. Give men a chance to live. Abolish the right of private ownership of land, abolish monopoly, make the world partners in production, partners in the good things of life. Nobody would steal if he could get something of his won some easier way. Nobody will commit burglary when he has a house full. No girl will go out on the street when she has a comfortable place at home. The man who owns a sweatshop or a department store may not be to blame himself for the condition of his girls, but when he pays them five dollars, three dollars, and two dollars a week, I wonder where he thinks they will get the rest of their money to live. The only way to cure these conditions is by equality. There should be no jails. They do not accomplish what they pretend to accomplish. If you would wipe the

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