Thievery is for the civilized. It is what laws protect us from. I am a wild beast of no laws and no society. I want no laws. I want no more civilized things.

J.M. McDermott
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Robert Louis Stevenson: "Thievery is for the civilized. It is what laws protect us from. I am a wild beast of no laws and no society. I want no laws. I want no more civilized things." The quote above has been attributed to Robert Louis Stevenson, but there is no proof to back it up.

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