Between the acting of a dreadful thing And the first motion, all the interim is Like a phantasma or a hideous dream. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
While the State may respectfully require obedience on many matters, it cannot violate the moral nature of a man, convert him into… — Liane Norman Copy Share Image
There is nothing anyone can do anyway. The public has no power. The government knows I'm not a criminal. The parole board… — Jack Kevorkian Copy Share Image
If we're going to kill our own people without even charging them with a crime, well, then we should just say we… — Jeremy Scahill Copy Share Image
One could reasonably argue that the Turkish pogrom against the Armenians during World War I qualifies as a crime against humanity, as… — Sebastian Junger Copy Share Image
The day-to-day discomforts of prison life, combined with the big-picture realities of mass incarceration, do not add up to a party. — W. Kamau Bell Copy Share Image
With the adoption of the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women, the international community sent out a clear message that… — Jenny Shipley Copy Share Image
In a civilized society, all crimes are likely to be sins, but most sins are not and ought not to be treated… — Geoffrey Fisher Copy Share Image
Imprisoning convicted criminals for longer and longer periods sounds like an appealing and commonsense proposal to many people. After all, when lawbreakers… — Charlie Kirk Copy Share Image
Call yourself "Colonel" and declare that your fortune was left to you by Dutch burghers from the seventeenth century. Now you're a… — Luc Sante Copy Share Image
“Severe punishment unquestionably has an immediate effect in reducing a tendency to act in a given way. This result is no doubt… — B.F. Skinner Copy Share Image
“When the meat platter was passed to me, I didn't even know what the meat was; usually, you couldn't tell, anyway-but it… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
Civilization is based on a clearly defined and widely accepted yet often unarticulated hierarchy. Violence done by those higher on the hierarchy… — Derrick Jensen Copy Share Image
But we're going to work on education, we're going to work on - going to stop - try to stop the crime,… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
The very thing that drives you, can drive you insane Got a head full of thought crimes and a number with no… — Ben Harper Copy Share Image
I would wipe my tears, and walk out of the stall and the bathroom, and march myself back into that courtroom because… — Nancy Grace Copy Share Image
Animals are the main victims of history, and the treatment of domesticated animals in industrial farms is perhaps the worst crime in… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
It's about the climate-change "denial industry", ...we should have war crimes trials for these bastards - some sort of climate Nuremberg. — David Roberts Copy Share Image
If we commit any crime, or do any good here, it must be in thought; for our words are few and our… — Hannah More Copy Share Image
“In my prison cell i sit With my britches full of $hit and my balls are bouncing gently on the floor and… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
It isn't the desire to abide by the law that makes everyone behave as society requires, but the fear of punishment. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Alcohol didn't cause the high crime rates of the '20s and '30s, Prohibition did. And drugs do not cause today's alarming crime… — James Carriger Paine Copy Share Image
That is why I come forward tonight without any political label, without any bias, but just simply as an Englishman to say… — John Amery Copy Share Image
Home is where you are appreciated, safe and protected, creative, and where you are loved - not where you are put in… — Nawal El Saadawi Copy Share Image
“Sometimes; I am caught in my building of emotions - but my prison has, curiously, no bars - and so I think,… — sir kristian goldmund aumann Copy Share Image
“Law enforcement ignore many crimes until the statute of limitations prevents the illegal activities from being investigated.” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
Incarceration rates - especially black incarceration rates - have soared regardless of whether crime has been going up or down in any… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
Here are the ingredients of a tragedy: untreated mental illness, a society where life is cheap and crime is glamorized, and a… — Blase J. Cupich Copy Share Image
The world is a very unjust, unfair place and we have to live with that. Historically, there is impunity for most crimes. — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
Violence is a personal necessity for the oppressed...It is not a strategy consciously devised. It is the deep, instinctive expression of a… — Richard Wright Copy Share Image
The most heinous crime of the Church has been perpetrated not against churchmen but against churchgoers. With its poisonous concepts of sin… — Madalyn Murray O'Hair Copy Share Image
“Criminal,’ Cynthia called his inability to kick back and let circumstances take their course. In his book, circumstances without close supervision had… — Jan Karon Copy Share Image
Crime to many is not crime but simply a way of life. If laws are inconvenient, ignore them, they don't apply to… — Dick Francis Copy Share Image
If you're a beautiful Caucasian woman, and you commit a heinous crime, it's like people don't want to acknowledge the reality of… — Alissa Nutting Copy Share Image
I am told that the proximity of punishment arouses real repentance in the criminal and sometimes awakens a feeling of genuine remorse… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“If a deadly snake slithering around in a pre-school bit a child, would you box it up for a month as punishment,… — Edward M. Wolfe Copy Share Image
A criminal was sentence to 200 years with hard labour.. Thank God I thought it will be a life imprisonment said the criminal. — Jegede Abiodun Copy Share Image
Heavenly witnesses are a tricky lot, to be used by whoever is closest to Heaven at the time. And legend and theology,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Don't try to be fancy. Shoot for the center of mass. The world is full of decent people. Criminals we can do… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
Our reforms to criminal record disclosure will benefit ex-offenders, but there will a broader, more significant payoff for everyone in society. — David Gauke Copy Share Image