Crime Quotes

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Here's what I think the truth is: We are all addicts of fossil fuels in a state of denial, about to face cold turkey. And… — Kurt Vonnegut
CEOs of fossil energy companies know what they are doing and are aware of long-term consequences of continued business as usual. In my opinion, these… — James Hansen
When we've finally gotten serious about global warming, when the impacts are really hitting us and we're in a full worldwide scramble to minimize the… — David Roberts
Man gives every reason for his conduct save one, every excuse for his crimes save one, every plea for his safety save one; and that… — George Bernard Shaw
The fancies that take their monstrous birth from the spinelessness and boredom of usurped wealth bring in their wake every defect ... and though rich… — Jean Lorrain
This is not love. It is a crime... You can't look the other way just because you have not experienced domestic violence with your own… — Salma Hayek
They have no consciousness therefore. Therefore what? Therefore we are free to use them for our own ends? Therefore we are free to kill them?… — J M Coetzee
Standing before you as the advocate of the lower races, I declare what I believe cannot be gainsaid...that just so soon and so far as… — George Thorndike Angell
If it is a crime to love the South, its cause and its President, then I am a criminal. I would rather lie down in… — Belle Boyd
Everything you do in war is a crime in peace — Unknown Author
The State practices "violence," the individual must not do so. The state's behavior is violence, and it calls its violence "law"; that of the individual,… — Max Stirner
To ... not prepare is the greatest of crimes; to be prepared beforehand for any contingency is the greatest of virtues. — Sun Tzu
Is it, in heav'n, a crime to love too well? — Alexander Pope
A state is not a mere society, having a common place, established for the prevention of mutual crime and for the sake of exchange. .… — Aristotle
What is a war criminal? Was not war itself a crime against God and humanity, and, therefore, were not all those who sanctioned, engineered, and… — Mahatma Gandhi
Capital punishment would be more effective as a preventive measure if it were administered prior to the crime. — Woody Allen
The mood and temper of the public in regard to the treatment of crime and criminals is one of the most unfailing tests of the… — Baron de Montesquieu
The crime of book purging is that it involves a rejection of the word. For the word is never absolute truth, but only man's frail… — Max Lerner
As if one crime of such nature, done by a single man, acting individually, can be expiated by a similar crime done by all men,… — Lewis E. Lawes
Imposition of the death penalty is arbitrary and capricious. Decision of who will live and who will die for his crime turns less on the… — Gerald Heaney
There has never been any evidence that the death penalty reduces capital crimes or that crimes increased when executions stopped. Tragic mistakes are prevalent...It is… — Jimmy Carter
It would be one thing if we could say the system works [in Illinois], and that individuals followed procedures and were found innocent, but in… — Jan Schakowsky
Criminals, people who commit crimes, usually society rejects these people. They are also part of our society. Give them some form of punishment to say… — Dalai Lama
I'm opposed to the death penalty not because I think it's unconstitutional per se-although I think it's been applied in ways that are unconstitutional-but it… — Jay Sekulow
The costs can't be borne by smaller counties particularly, so if the crime occurs in a large county you might be charged with the death… — Unknown Author

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