“Violence is a means of bargaining and signalling value within the marketplace.” — Alex de Waal Copy Share Image
Laughing has always been considered by theologians as a crime. — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
“Never resolve with violence what can be addressed with cutting commentary.” — Phil Elmore Copy Share Image
Violence isn't always evil. What's evil is the infatuation with violence. — Jim Morrison Copy Share Image
We all had to pay, but not for the crimes we were accused of. There were other scores to settle. — Azar Nafisi Copy Share Image
Violence is a disease, a disease that corrupts all who use it regardless of the cause. — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
An abusive relationship is worse than being in prison. I mean literally, not figuratively. — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
For a while, the genre seemed to be just about sex and crime. Rappers are storytellers; the stories don't need to be… — Lauryn Hill Copy Share Image
The crime and violence in the black community is a prime example of the damaging effect of broken families and single female-headed… — Jesse Lee Peterson Copy Share Image
We will pursue them until they lose their nerves... Now that they have indulged in their evil and crimes, they will suffer… — Saddam Hussein Copy Share Image
All emphasis in American prisons is on punishment, retribution, and disparagement, and almost none is on rehabilitation. — Conrad Black Copy Share Image
I was prosecutor for 18 years. I was threatened by drug dealers, murders, and organized crime. This was a walk in the park. — Tom Marino Copy Share Image
We live in an age which is so possessed by demons, that soon we shall only be able to do goodness and… — Franz Kafka Copy Share Image
“The Mountain Meadows Massacre of September 11, 1857 was the crime of that century... it was a crime that disgraced humanity.” — J. F. Giffard Copy Share Image
“Really, some cases shouldn’t even smell the court room. Screw Habaeus Corpus, lock up the criminal and have the keys thrown away.” — S. A. David Copy Share Image
We should not give up and say that the situation is hopeless. There is still our conscience, there is still the memory… — Lidia Yusupova Copy Share Image
Reading Tomato Red-the first Daniel Woodrell novel I came upon-was a transformative experience. It expanded my sense of the possibilities not only… — Megan Abbott Copy Share Image
Fear, coercion, punishment, are the masculine remedies for moral weakness, but statistics show their failure for centuries. Why not change the system… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
There is no right to punish. There is only the power to punish,' she wrote. 'A man is punished for his crime… — Benjamin Moser Copy Share Image
“Should I talk to her friends?’ he asked softly, because he had to say something to take his mind away from the… — Elisabeth Rose Copy Share Image
“The American craving for illegal, mind-altering, addictive chemicals provides a steady flow of American capital through the Texas border into Mexico and… — William Earl Maxwell Copy Share Image
Gun laws are an attempt to nationalize the right of self-defense. Politicians perennially react to the police's abject failure to prevent crime… — James Bovard Copy Share Image
But with dogs, we do have "bad dog." Bad dog exists. "Bad dog! Bad dog! Stole a biscuit, bad dog!" The dog… — Eddie Izzard Copy Share Image
