Quote by Aristotle

“The greatest crime is to do nothing because we can only do a little (...) I feel nothing, because feeling is subversive and contrary…

— John le Carré

“men are guilty of the greatest crimes from ambition, and not from necessity,”

— Aristotle

“The murder that is depicted as a horrible crime is repeated in cold blood, remorselessly.”

— Cesare Beccaria

“The most hardened hearts find a solace in the thought that their crimes are justifiable.”

— Eugène Sue

The greatest of all crimes are the wars that are carried on by governments, to plunder, enslave, and destroy mankind.

— Lysander Spooner

“The greatest crimes in the world are not committed by people breaking the rules, but by people following the rules.”

— Anonymous

“The greatest crimes in the world are not committed against the body, but against the freedom of the consciousness.”

— Bryant McGill

“...above all things; to remember that hypocrisy is the most hopeless as well as the meanest of crimes...”

— Margaret Fuller

“If we punished only the crimes we could prove, we would not enjoy the pleasure of dragging our fellow human beings to the scaffold…

— Marquis de Sade

“Someone was certainly guilty of something, however, and it behooved us to take all possible precautions.”

— Elizabeth Peters

“The greatest crimes in the world are not committed by people breaking the rules. It's people who follow orders that drop bombs and massacre…

— Banksy

“People also felt that a great crime had been committed, yet there was not going to be a great punishment.”

— Bethany McLean