The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor.
Source: Minority Report: H. L. Mencken's Notebooks, no. 273, 1956.
-- H L Mencken, (Sep 12 1880-1956), US editor, satirist; He is known for his biting satire, insults, and debunking in The American Mercury, 1924-33.