Worry: A crime for which we punish ourselves by disturbing our own peace of mind. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
All of the violence that doesn't occur doesn't get reported on the news. — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
“For the great violences hidden inside women For the women hidden inside great violences” — Vanessa Angelica Villarreal Copy Share Image
Little islands are all large prisons: one cannot look at the sea without wishing for the wings of a swallow. — Richard Burton Copy Share Image
A genius. A criminal mastermind. A millionaire. And he is only twelve years old. — Eoin Colfer Copy Share Image
Here in Britain, black people are disproportionately targeted, arrested and imprisoned for drug offences, while organised and violent crime are granted a… — Owen Jones Copy Share Image
“Oh, I wish I’d come over here once in a while! That was a crime! That was a crime! Who’s going to… — Susan Glaspell Copy Share Image
Let us be clear. Prison works. It ensures that we are protected from murderers, muggers and rapists, and it makes many who… — Michael Howard Copy Share Image
The punishment should fit the crime and if a doctor or drug company does harm knowingly or negligently to a patient they… — Corrine Brown Copy Share Image
Death does not trouble me. I have no fear of supernatural punishments, of course, nor could I enjoy an eternal life in… — B. F. Skinner Copy Share Image
Locking people up without reducing the risk of them committing new crimes against new victims the minute they get out does not… — Kenneth Clarke Copy Share Image
People were excited by violence. What, after all, was the sexual act but a voluntarily endured assault, a momentary death? — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.” ― Ernest Hemingway, Ernest Hemingway: A Literary Reference” — Ash Copy Share Image
It has been said that terror is the principle of despotic government. Does your government therefore resemble despotism? Yes, as the sword… — Maximilien Robespierre Copy Share Image
“Well, you may abuse me, be angry with me if you like," Porfiry Petrovitch began again, "but I can't resist. Allow me… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
“Once the criminal has served his time, he returns to his old neighborhood. There’s a good chance he’s been psychologically damaged by… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
I have examined the death penalty under each of its two aspects: as a direct action, and as an indirect one. What… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
The influence of the Gang of Four should not be underrated, but it should be noted that 97 or 98 per cent… — Deng Xiaoping Copy Share Image
“In many criminals, especially youthful ones, it is possible to detect a very powerful sense of guilt which existed before the crime,… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
All attempts at law, all religion, all ethical norms might be nothing more than attempts by the weak to restrain the strong.… — George Zebrowski Copy Share Image
I've never been accused of a felony. I never spent time behind bars except for a few overnight jail times back in… — Johnny Cash Copy Share Image