Crime Quotes

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Only crime and the criminal, it is true, confront us with the perplexity of radical evil; but only the hypocrite is really rotten to the… — Hannah Arendt
Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of culprits, and the very magnitude… — Hannah Arendt
No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once a specific crime… — Hannah Arendt
Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has to take the place of the victim and on his… — Wystan Hugh Auden
Poverty is the mother of crime. — Marcus Aurelius
The book that convinced me I wanted to be a writer was 'Crime and Punishment'. I put the thing down after reading it in a… — Paul Auster
Drug prohibition has caused gang warfare and other violent crimes by raising the prices of drugs so much that vicious criminals enter the market to… — Michael Badnarik
Powerful states can maintain themselves only by crime, little states are virtuous only by weakness. — Mikhail Bakunin
Discrimination due to age is one of the great tragedies of modern life. The desire to work and be useful is what makes life worth… — Johnny Ball
When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not love us, they give us credit for nothing, not even… — Honore de Balzac
Behind every great fortune lies a great crime. — Honore de Balzac
Most crime fiction, no matter how 'hard-boiled' or bloodily forensic, is essentially sentimental, for most crime writers are disappointed romantics. — John Banville
Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country. — Marion Barry
I believe if more American children read the Ten Commandments and are taught what they mean, they will predictably engage in less crime. — Gary Bauer
In morals, theosophy builds its teachings on the unity, seeing in each form the expression of a common life, and therefore the fact that what… — Annie Besant
Everyone knows the beautiful story of Abraham and the sacrifice of Isaac. How this noble father led his child to the slaughter; how Isaac meekly… — Annie Besant
Every work of art is an uncommitted crime. — Theodor Adorno
Destiny: A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure. — Ambrose Bierce
Abscond - to move in a mysterious way, commonly with the property of another. — Ambrose Bierce
Labour is the party of law and order in Britain today. Tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime. — Tony Blair

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