Crime Quotes

2562 Crime quotes by 1637 unique authors

Despite crime's omnipresence, things work in society, because biology compels it. Order eventually restores itself, by psychic equilibrium. — Camille Paglia
The thundering voice that wrings, in one dark, damning moment, crimes of years! — James Gates Percival
In a civilized society, all crimes are likely to be sins, but most sins are not and ought not to be treated as crimes. Man's… — Geoffrey Fisher
Whoever commits a crime strengthens his enemy. — Daniel O'Connell
Every crime destroys more Edens than our own — Nathaniel Hawthorne
This life of ours, this is a wonderful life. If you can get through life like this and get away with it, hey that's great.… — Paul Castellano
Judges,lawyers an politicians have a license to steal.We don't need one. — Carlo Gambino
Me I never had the chance to say,Well,I'm going to do something I want to do."I always did if for my family,for my children, for… — Unknown Author
Mafia is a process,not a thing.Mafia is a form of clan-cooperation to witch it's individual members pledge lifelong loyalty....Frienship,connections,family ties,trust,loyalty,obedience-this was the glue that held… — Joseph Bonanno
The world is changing and there are new opportunities for those who are ready to join forces with those who are stronger and more experienced. — Lucky Luciano
This American system of ours,call it Americanism,call it capitalism,call it what you will,gives each and every one of us a great opportunity if we seize… — Al Capone
Never open your mouth,unless you're in the dentist chair — Sammy Gravano
Don't lie,Tell one lie,then you gotta tell another lie to compound on the first. — Meyer Lansky
Don't worry,don't worry.Look at the Astors and the Vanderbilts,all those big society people.They were the worst thieves-and now look at them.It's just a matter of… — Meyer Lansky
Always overpay your taxes.That way you'll get a refund. — Meyer Lansky
Wherever a man commits a crime, God finds a witness. Every secret crime has its reporter. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nobody ever commits a crime without doing something stupid. — Oscar Wilde
The reason crime doesn't pay is that when it does, it is called a more respectable name. — Laurence J. Peter
What man have you ever seen who was contented with one crime only? — Juvenal
You should punish in the same manner those who commit crimes with those who accuse falsely. — Thucydides
But what sin is to the moralist and crime to the jurist so to the scientific man is ignorance. — Frederick Soddy
When grown people speak of the innocence of children, they don't really know what they mean. Pressed, they will go a step further and say,… — William Faulkner
Crime is contagious....if the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for the law. — Louis D. Brandeis
To make certain that crime does not pay, the government should take it over and try to run it. — J. Norman Collie
How do people come up with a date and a time to take life from another man? . . . Twelve white men say a… — Ulysses S. Grant

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