Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882
was an US essayist and poet
Commit a crime and the earth is made of glass.
Albert Einstein, 1879-1955
was an US (German-born) physicist
Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced. It is an open secret that the dangerous increase of crime in this counrty is closely related with this.