OPIATE, n. An unlocked door in the prison of Identity. It leads into the jail yard. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
“... the repression of primitive, violent impulses in favor of civilized behavior was a control mechanism for the more shrewdly aggressive dominators… — R. U. Sirius Copy Share Image
“No matter how well meaning and astute the investigators are or how well-researched, witnessed and documented the incidents of cruelty are, a… — Gayle K. Horii Copy Share Image
Dreams are excursions into the limbo of things, a semi-deliverance from the human prison. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Violence is a disease, a disease that corrupts all who use it regardless of the cause. — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
The vilest deeds like poison weeds Bloom well in prison air; It is only what is good in man That wastes and… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Lots of crime films are about work. Free Fire could have been about a company of plumbers doing pipe-fixing and stuff. But… — Ben Wheatley Copy Share Image
Remember crime against property is not real crime. People look at an oil painting and admire the use of brushstrokes to convey… — Banksy Copy Share Image
“The real point here, however, is not that innocent people are locked up. That has been true since penitentiaries first opened in… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
Child slavery is a crime against humanity. Humanity itself is at stake here. A lot of work still remains, but I will… — Kailash Satyarthi Copy Share Image
Even in a healthy society, violence, lawlessness, and predation lie just below the surface. — William Barr Copy Share Image
I will maintain the presence of a Mexican Army, and the Navy and police in the states of the Mexican Republic, where… — Enrique Pena Nieto Copy Share Image
We have this exploding prison population. We have the equivalent of martial law on a day-to-day, 24/7-hour basis in our cities, because… — Grace Lee Boggs Copy Share Image
“If we have no place to go where we can escape that reaction to our bodies, where is it that we're not… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
To ... not prepare is the greatest of crimes; to be prepared beforehand for any contingency is the greatest of virtues. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
“The worst crime I could commit in his eyes was to do anything for my own pleasure, anything outside of my daughterly… — Ottessa Moshfegh Copy Share Image
“All right, big boy. I am officially declaring you a dating crime scene.” — Mimi Jean Pamfiloff Copy Share Image
For the offense with a child putin the jail of crime of getting admission in school there are a large criminal education… — Mak_786 Copy Share Image
“I say, seeking to diminish the human dignity of another whose only crime is not loving whom you would have him or… — Charles M. Blow Copy Share Image
The key is to commit crimes so confusing that police feel too stupid to even write a crime report about them. — R. K. Milholland Copy Share Image
Why did the people think [Vietnam war] was fundamentally wrong and immoral? The guys who ran the polls, John E. Rielly, a… — Noam Chomsky 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. Each… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“It's not like they can take anything from me,' he says later, back with his homeboys in Juvenile Hall. 'Ain't got nothing… — Edward Humes Copy Share Image
There are actually times when there are crimes out there in the world and I find myself trying to figure it out… — Emily Procter Copy Share Image
If you read social media, you can see how immigration is such a hot-button debate and [a hotbed] of ignorance. You know… — George Lopez Copy Share Image
Criminals are dumb as stumps. If they were smart they could go be investment bankers. Or judges. — Jeff Abbott Copy Share Image
“As law enforcement budgets exploded, so did prison and jail populations. In 1991, the Sentencing Project reported that the number of people… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
“So holding many factors constant, we find that living in a civilization reduces one’s chances of being a victim of violence fivefold.” — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
To mete out punishment itself becomes a punishment for that person who gives it when the convict is someone close to him. — Mak_786 Copy Share Image
To live in prison is to live without mirrors. To live without mirrors is to live without the self. She is living… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
We have the crime of the century every six months. So for people like me who enjoy, you know, taking these stories… — John Grisham Copy Share Image
“He began as a minor imitator of Fitzgerald, wrote a novel in the late twenties which won a prize, became dissatisfied with… — Barry N. Malzberg Copy Share Image
We think it's time for the president Donald Trump to announce steps for the White House to undertake. We'd like to see… — Jonathan Greenblatt Copy Share Image
![“Why did the people think [Vietnam war] was fundamentally wrong and immoral? The guys who ran the polls, John E. Rielly, a professor at the University of Chicago, a liberal professor, he said what that means is that people thought too many Americans had being killed. Another possibility is they…” quote by Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3e2/noam-chomsky-42_chicago_why-did-the-people-think-vietnam-war-was_2961383.jpg)
![“If you read social media, you can see how immigration is such a hot-button debate and [a hotbed] of ignorance. You know there's guys that say immigrants come here, and they create so much crime and they take jobs. There's multiple sides to every story.” quote by George Lopez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/88f/george-lopez-3932_buttons_if-you-read-social-media-you-can-see-how_2962442.jpg)
