Blind commitment to a theory is not an intellectual virtue: it is an intellectual crime. — Imre Lakatos Copy Share Image
Are the prisons overpopulated, or is the population over-imprisoned ? — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
“How exhausting all this was. In fact, if only people knew how madly tiresome it is to be a criminal...!” — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
Decency is not news. It is buried in the obituaries, but it is a force stronger than crime. — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
I was shooting at myself - I was shooting my own violence and the violence of the times — Niki de Saint Phalle Copy Share Image
Railing in other men may be a crime, But ought to pass for mere instinct in him: Instinct he follows and no… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
Obsessing on evil is boring. Rousing fear is a hackneyed shtick. Wallowing is despair is a bad habit. Indulging in cynicism is… — Rob Brezsny Copy Share Image
TRIGGER CITY secures Sean Chercover's place as one of the best crime writers of his generation. It grabs you hard on the… — Tasha Alexander Copy Share Image
With the crime novels, it's delightful to have protagonists I can revisit in book after book. It's like having a fictitious family. — John Banville Copy Share Image
Sociologists have frequently observed that governments use punishment primarily as a tool of social control, and thus the extent or severity of… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
We want a state of things in which crime will not pay, a state of things which allows every man the largest… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
And capital punishment, however ineffective it may be and through whatever ignorance it may be resorted to, is a strictly defensive act,… — Benjamin Tucker Copy Share Image
I want to give every victim of every crime in San Francisco the right to participate in restorative justice if they choose… — Chesa Boudin Copy Share Image
“Hopefully not another employee stealing credit cards, Brooke mused. Or any sort of headache-inducing “oops moment,” like the time one of the… — Julie James Copy Share Image
America don't have no future! America's going to be destroyed! Allah's going to divinely chastise America! Violence, crimes, earthquakes - there's gonna… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
Most people choose movies that provide exactly what they expect, and tell them things they already know. Others are more curious. We… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
“Nonetheless, it remains the case that the psychological literature on organised abuse has not provided a coherent explanation for the emergence of… — Michael Salter Copy Share Image
If we are genuinely concerned about the environment and the fellow human beings, and want to end territorial disputes, war, crime, poverty,… — Jacque Fresco Copy Share Image
“Maybe I'm just gonna kill you," says Mike, peeved at being predictable. "You ever think of that?" "No, Mike. Because if you… — Eoin Colfer Copy Share Image
The function of the prosecutor under the federal Constitution is not to tack as many skins of victims as possible against the… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
“Violence is the ultimate boundary force on behavior; this, if you can understand how the logic of violence will change, you can… — James Dale Davidson Copy Share Image
“...cahoots being a legal term in Wyoming, see cahooting in the first degree, intent to cahoot, and so on.” — Craig Johnson Copy Share Image
Crime is not punished as an offense against God, but as prejudicial to society. — James Anthony Froude Copy Share Image
“Who is the greater criminal: he who robs a bank or he who founds one? (Three Penny Opera)” — Kurt Weill Copy Share Image
The main objection to killing people as a punishment...is that killing people is wrong — Auberon Waugh Copy Share Image
“writers regard unjust war as not only immoral, but as one of the greatest of crimes—murder on a large scale.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Broadchurch' has always been about the impact of crime, on all those affected. — Chris Chibnall Copy Share Image
The thundering voice that wrings, in one dark, damning moment, crimes of years! — James Gates Percival Copy Share Image
I want to be clear that violent crime isn't just a St. Louis or Kansas City problem. — Mike Parson Copy Share Image
To build my capability to withstand punishment, I was beaten with a stick or cane sometimes 3,000 times a day. — Antonio Inoki Copy Share Image
“Aren't all crimes, by definition, hate crimes? I mean, people don't rob banks because they love tellers.” — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
Capital punishment...treats members of the human race...as objects to be toyed with and discarded. — William J. Brennan Copy Share Image
Were always together, were one of a kind, 3 words describe us - 'partners in crime' — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Dear God, please help me to be the kind of person who my dogs think I am.” — Jerrie Brock Copy Share Image
