Crime Quote by Anthony Trollope

A power of recall that depended solely on the electorate and was not subject to unnecessary hurdles of Parliamentary procedures would show trust in…

— Jacob Rees-Mogg

“Ben Zoof, whose ideas of discipline were extremely rigid, at once suggested that the colony should be put under the surveillance of the police,…

— Jules Verne

“In later years, Reading seems to have been regarded as a handy place to run down to, when matters were becoming unpleasant in London. …

— Jerome K. Jerome

There is a tendency for the British establishment to work out everything very carefully and then present it to parliament as 'a take it…

— Crispin Blunt

Now that the House of Commons is trying to become useful, it does a great deal of harm.

— Oscar Wilde

“[Thoreau's] famous night in jail took place about halfway through his stay in the cabin on Emerson's woodlot at Walden Pond. His two-year stint…

— Rebecca Solnit

I think that Peter Mandelson, particularly in relation to the issue of policing, made a huge mess of it. He allowed himself to be…

— Martin McGuinness

“The old men from the charity hospital next door would come jerking past our rooms, making useless, disjointed leaps. They'd go from room to…

— Louis-Ferdinand Céline

“The house had a name and a history; the old gentleman taking his tea would have been delighted to tell you these things: how…

— Henry James

“The worst part was that the Brit’s reportage was just spleen-filled editorializing on the lack of ethics in the valley’s board-rooms (a favorite subject…

— Cory Doctorow

I felt that if we, as the Met, were not intervening once one person starts digging up Parliament Square, then someone else is going…

— Anonymous

“The chief care of the legislators [in the colonies of New England] was the maintenance of orderly conduct and good morals in the community:…

— Alexis de Tocqueville