One of the tests of the civilization of people is the treatment of its criminals. — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
As much as I transferred my mother to Elizabeth Shore of The Black Dahlia, as much as her dad mutated into an… — James Ellroy Copy Share Image
The premature migration of very large numbers of people from rural areas to urban areas can give rise to a lot of… — Manmohan Singh Copy Share Image
“Understanding African American attitudes and actions on matters of crime and punishment requires that we pay careful attention to another topic that… — James Forman Jr Copy Share Image
Hurting someone's self-esteem as a child made them hate themselves. Hurting someone's self-esteem as a teen made them hurt themselves. Hurting someone's… — DJ Adams Copy Share Image
Clemenza's overriding responsibility is to his family. He takes a moment out of his routine madness to remember that he had promised… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
You're damn right when you say I've shown people how to make a firebomb, I've done my time for my crimes, and… — Rod Coronado Copy Share Image
Violence is always the last option, but if that time comes, it is the only option. — 2nd Baronet Sir John Gilmour Copy Share Image
“[Y]ou are ... entrusted with the pursuit of that most extraordinary of crimes: the theft of a human life. You speak for… — David Simon Copy Share Image
Foolish people are never harmless. Stupidity accounts for as many crimes as anger and greed. — Louise Penny Copy Share Image
While the machinery of law enforcement and indeed the nature of crime itself have changed dramatically since the Fourth Amendment became part… — William J. Brennan 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
Beheading, burying and burning humans alive are extreme acts of cruelty. Such crimes against humanity must be investigated and the guilty parties… — Widad Akrawi Copy Share Image
'Banshee' is the story of a man who gets out of prison, tracks down his long-lost love, and tries to reclaim what… — Antony Starr Copy Share Image
Straying off course is not recognized as a capital crime by civilized nations. — Jeane Kirkpatrick Copy Share Image
Prison makes an interesting context for so many different characters to come together. You get to see what lines get drawn between… — Yael Stone Copy Share Image
The accumulation of personal wealth and the extension of commercial transactions have developed a great and lamentable increase in certain classes of… — Edward Blake Copy Share Image
There shouldn't be any violence in hip-hop. You're getting free clothes. Basically, it's free money. — DMX Copy Share Image
“We are often criminals in the eyes of the earth, not only for having committed crimes, but because we know that crimes… — Alexandre Dumas Copy Share Image
We have to recognize we've got some big problems on race, just like we got still big problems on crime, just like… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It is essential that we aggressively pursue all criminal offenders, especially those who commit these heinous crimes against women - and seek… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
These monstrous criminals have demonstrated a vile and brutal affront against humanity. — Silvio Berlusconi Copy Share Image
We are experiencing a real confusion here in the United States, you know. Why is it OK to drink, but it's not… — Jerry Garcia Copy Share Image
A 'civilization' that makes such a ridiculous fuss about alleged 'war crimes' - acts of violence against the actual or potential enemies… — Savitri Devi Copy Share Image
Today, the West is confronted by the powers that seek to test our will, undermine our confidence, and challenge our interests. To… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
It takes a lot of punishment to be able to do anything to change the social order. — Cesar Chavez Copy Share Image
“What kind of justice is this? Where the poor go to prison and the rich go free. Where witnesses are rented, bought,… — Assata Shakur Copy Share Image
Women don't like violence, But when their husbands desert them, that is different. — Euripides Copy Share Image
I like newspaper stories that are incomplete, that give me room to imagine the rest. It's no good to me reading about… — Peter Robinson Copy Share Image
The best antidote for crime is justice. The irony we often fail to appreciate is that the more justice people enjoy, the… — Gerry Spence Copy Share Image
“Unfortunately, violence has a way of overpowering even the strongest of wills” — Kenneth Eade Copy Share Image
Individuals have international duties which transcend the national obligations of obedience. Therefore individual citizens have the duty to violate domestic laws to… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
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