The source of every Crime, is some defect of the Understanding; or some error in Reasoning; or some sudden force of the Passions. (Thomas Hobbes)

The source of every Crime, is some defect of the Understanding; or some error in Reasoning; or some sudden force of the Passions.

Thomas Hobbes

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