Crime Quotes · Page 82

Most men only commit great crimes because of their scruples about petty ones.

— Jean Francois Paul de Gondi

If love is a sin, punish me by kisses. And if love is a crime, I wanna be your victim.

— Ritu Ghatourey

I have prosecuted very serious criminals who are now serving very long jail sentences.

— Keir Starmer

Terrorists are as big a threat to our future, perhaps bigger, than organized crime.

— William J. Clinton

Deterrence itself is not a preeminent value; the primary values are safety and morality.

— Herman Kahn

Violence is a choice a man makes and he alone is responsible for it.

— Patrick Stewart

Anyone can be falsely accused of a crime. Everyone accused of a crime deserves a fair trial.

— John Garamendi

To err is human; but contrition felt for the crime distinguishes the virtuous from the wicked.

— Vittorio Alfieri

My first concept was for a game in which you were a prisoner of war and simply had to escape. If you…

— Hideo Kojima

If ever I am a mother I will zealously strive against this crime of over- indulgence. I can hardly give it a…

— Anne Bronte

I've been to Delhi, Madras, Bangalore and a lot of other cities, but I have never seen a crime set-up like that…

— Gregory David Roberts

“God has not any Holy Book; but Man has many Holy Book writers! Producing Holy Books is a cosmic crime against the…

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

Let's say that you commit a crime, you get caught, you might get sent to prison. It's going to be bad. But…

— Jamie Bell

Mass incarceration and its never-ending human toll will be with us until we come to see that no crime justifies permanent civic…

— James Forman, Jr

One of the principal functions of a friend is to suffer (in a milder and symbolic form) the punishments that we should…

— Aldous Huxley

“Everywhere on our planet one hand greases another. Often it's done with a bloated face, wearing a serpent's smile. M.Sullivan”

— Mike Sullivan

In India, as elsewhere in our darkening world, religion is the poison in the blood. Where religion intervenes, mere innocence is no…

— Salman Rushdie

I would like you to understand completely, also emotionally, that I'm a political detainee and will be a political prisoner, that I…

— Antonio Gramsci

but all the things Science had promised us hadn't come to pass. Disease was still a problem. Starvation was still a problem.…

— Jim Butcher

In the '60s - and right up to the present day - the identity of a member of the British Secret Services…

— John le Carre

I will find you," he whispered in my ear. "I promise. If I must endure two hundred years of purgatory, two hundred…

— Diana Gabaldon

The spirit of Christianity proclaims the brotherhood of the race and the meaning of that strong word has not been left to…

— Mark Twain

“Mladić harboured a particular resentment towards the Dutch, whose successive governments had consistently called for a tougher action against the Serbs since…

— Jan Willem Honig

The government is responsible for the violence, as long as they don't stop it. And if we have to get violent to…

— Malcolm X

I don’t believe that crime, danger and poverty make for good art. That’s bullshit.

— David Byrne

Somewhere along the way of my illustrious high school career I traded my humanity for a prison of popularity.

— Jean Haus

The greatest crime you can commit in the desert is to find water and remain silent about it.

— Vikrant Parsai

A traitor commits his crime but once. The rest/is retribution.

— Marie Howe

“Life is one big punishment, Sloane, that’s all it is.” Siva”

— Micalea Smeltzer

But the single overwhelming reason why jails are bursting is longer sentences given for more crimes.

— Polly Toynbee

I think money laundering is giving oxygen to organized crime.

— Enrique Pena Nieto

Hate crimes, whoever they target, are despicable and not to be tolerated.

— Adam Pearson

I accept my punishment and will begin serving my suspension immediately.

— Chris Davis

The man that does not fear punishment, little regards crime.

— Norm MacDonald

To be caught happy in a world of misery was for an honest man the most despicable of crimes.

— Virginia Woolf

Communities do not benefit from criminals in their midst.

— Heather Mac Donald

When you are given immunity that means that you've probably committed a crime.

— Michael T. Flynn

Punishment as punishment is not admissible unless the offender has had the free will to select his course.

— Clarence Darrow

Life once conceived, must be protected with the utmost care; abortion and infanticide are abominable crimes.

— Pope Francis

Now, Hillary's [Clinton] more than that, she's an actual - she could be a crime boss.

— Rush Limbaugh