“He took it and without hesitation, fuck him, he went for more. “So, a man gets outta prison, he gets himself a… — Kristen Ashley Copy Share Image
Failure seems to be regarded as the one unpardonable crime, success as the all-redeeming virtue, the acquisition of wealth as the single… — Charles Francis Adams, Sr Copy Share Image
To my mind it is wholly irresponsible to go into the world incapable of preventing violence, injury, crime, and death. How feeble… — Ted Nugent Copy Share Image
I think we can provide common-sense approaches to the issue of illegal guns that are ending up on the streets. We can… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
For the fetus, though enclosed in the womb of its mother, is already a human being, and it is a monstrous crime… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
There's politics. When you talk about Asia - no one really wants to approach that full-force because it's very thin ice. No… — Veronika Varekova Copy Share Image
These things are happening in large measure because of us. We in this country burn 25 percent of the world's fossil fuel,… — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
I looked at it [revolver] as if it reminded me of a crime I had committed with an irrepressible smile such as… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
Some years ago, when the images which this world affords first opened upon me, when I felt the cheering warmth of summer… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
“Villalobos had always been eager to work in law enforcement. When he was in high school, he assembled a group of boys… — Karl Kristian Flores Copy Share Image
Well yet, this life such as it is, yet we love it, and loath we are to end it; and if it… — Lancelot Andrewes Copy Share Image
When I talk to girls, they go, 'I'm not a feminist.' And I say: 'What? You don't want to vote? Do you… — Caitlin Moran Copy Share Image
Things seem to be at a boiling point all the time. In fact, it has been that way my whole life. I… — George Pelecanos Copy Share Image
Violence, with its ever-present economy of uncertainty, fear, and terror, is no longer merely a side effect of police brutality, war, or… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
“Every human being makes mistakes and does things they’re not proud of. They can be everyday, or they can be catastrophic. And… — Piper Kerman Copy Share Image
A state that suppresses all freedom of speech, and which by imposing the most terrible punishments, treats each and every attempt at… — Kurt Huber Copy Share Image
There is a simple way of avoiding excess risk-taking by the managers of our financial institutions. It is to make it a… — Paul Collier Copy Share Image
“Prisons are about addictions. Most prisoners are casualties of their own habits. They have all created victims, some in cruel and callous… — Stephen Reid Copy Share Image
There is no doubt that [Vladimir] Putin is responsible for this crime, whether or not he gave the order to commit the… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
When I joined the UN War Crimes Tribunal, it was a realization of the dream of justice, that finally after Nuremberg, the… — Payam Akhavan Copy Share Image
I'm a big believer in the truth; I'm a kind of a fundamentalist. My goal is at least to the best of… — David Grann Copy Share Image
Between 1995 and 2005, the prison population grew by 30 percent, meaning an additional half million criminals were behind bars, rather than… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
“Society's attitude toward crime and criminals is reflected by the laws on its statue books. As long as it views these problems… — Lewis E. Lawes Copy Share Image
I mean you can go wherever you want with it really. No matter what story you're telling you're always representing some reality.… — Colin Farrell Copy Share Image
The wave of punitiveness that washed over the United States with the rise of the drug war and the get tough movement… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
Violence never really deals with the basic evil of the situation. Violence may murder the murderer, but it doesn’t murder murder. Violence… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
“I cadged a complimentary green matchbook with a gold bird icon from the Bell canning jar. Later we'd use the matches to… — Ed Lynskey Copy Share Image
While it is undeniable that many have been driven to immorality and crime by the need to survive, it is equally evident… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
I think of what's happening in Detroit as part of something that's much bigger. Most people think of the decline of the… — Grace Lee Boggs Copy Share Image
“He paused just long enough for me to know I was starting to bug him. I bug a lot of people, they… — Kendric Neal Copy Share Image
I tell people the first time I decided to write a novel I was in my mid-20s, and it was, 'Well, it's… — John Scalzi Copy Share Image
It's great that I can look up a fact instantly on my cellphone, but I miss the days in my room with… — Russell Smith Copy Share Image
“He's prowling back and forth like a lion with distemper now. There's a shiny streak down one side of his face. "I… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
Candidates run for election on campaign promises, but once they're elected they renege on those promises, which happened with President [Barack] Obama… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Lots of people commit crimes and don't get arrested. That's not the measure. But if you're going to be the president of… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Certain readers will read my book not because they are interested in Iraq, but because they read crime fiction. I did want… — Elliott Colla Copy Share Image
If you look at life as a whole, we have to admit life's good where we live. But in an evil Twilight… — Douglas Coupland Copy Share Image
“The actual history of interracial rape - according to FBI statistics - is that, since the 70's, approximately 15,000 to 36,000 white… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
In the very progress of society, the prison has in the very nature of things undergone some improvement, but there are vast… — Eugene V. Debs Copy Share Image
As an American I wanted to explore... why are we the only first world country that still has capital punishment? Is it… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image