Crime Quotes

2562 Crime quotes by 1637 unique authors

The time will come when all people will view with horror light way in which society and its courts of law now take human life;… — Clarence Darrow
Our emotions may cry for vengeance in the wake of a horrible crime, but we know that killing the criminal will not undo the crime,… — Ramsey Clark
Crime is redeemed by remorse, but not by a blow of the axe or slipknot. Blood has to be washed by tears but not by… — Victor Hugo
We oppose the death penalty not just for what it does to those guilty of heinous crimes, but for what it does to all of… — Unknown Author
I have examined the death penalty under each of its two aspects: as a direct action, and as an indirect one. What does it come… — Victor Hugo
There is no greater crime than to stand between a man and his development; to take any law or institution and put it around him… — Henry Ward Beecher
Small habits well pursued betimes May reach the dignity of crimes. — Hannah More
The purpose of democracy - supplanting old belief in the necessary absoluteness of establish'd dynastic rulership, temporal, ecclesiastical, and scholastic, as furnishing the only security… — Walt Whitman
Seditious libel is the doctrine that flourished in England during and after the Star Chamber. It is the hallmark of closed societies throughout the world.… — Unknown Author
Marshall's crime is to pretend to handle imperfect competition with tools only applicable to perfect competition. — Paul Samuelson
Childbearing should be a punishable crime against society, unless the parents hold a government license. All potential parents should be required to use contraceptive chemicals,… — David R. Brower
...chief executives of large fossil fuel companies to [should] be put on trial for high crimes against humanity and nature; [Hansen] accusing them of actively… — James Hansen
When is conduct a crime, and when is a crime not a crime? When "Somebody Up There" - a monarch, a dictator, a Pope, a… — Jessica Mitford
We should not give up and say that the situation is hopeless. There is still our conscience, there is still the memory of the victims… — Lidia Yusupova
Neither your life nor my life, nor the future of this country, will be affected in the slightest by whether Linda Tripp is naughty or… — Thomas Sowell
Our crimes, for which we are responsible: as taxpayers, for failing to provide massive reparations, for granting refuge and immunity to the perpetrators, and for… — Noam Chomsky
Agrofuel is a crime against humanity and I believe there should be a moratorium put in place until there is some way to eradicate the… — Jean Ziegler
Currently, we allow our political and business leaders to get away with murder. Now is the time to change that. We need direct liability for… — Kumi Naidoo
What do you really want to know? Am I sorry for what I did? There's not a day goes by I don't feel regret. Not… — Stephen King
At least 99.92% of illegal immigrants and visa overstays without known crimes on their records did not face removal. — Jeff Sessions
The spirit of Christianity proclaims the brotherhood of the race and the meaning of that strong word has not been left to guesswork, but made… — Mark Twain
Life Insurance trusts I consider sacred. To hazard the property of the dead & to lose the scanty earnings of fathers & husbands, who have… — Robert E. Lee
In England, if you commit a crime, the police don't have a gun and you don't have a gun. If you commit a crime, the… — Robin Williams
There is a feeling of personal dignity and independence in grasping, literally, the power to back your refusal to be a target of a violent… — John Longenecker
As long as there are guns, the individual that wants a gun for a crime is going to have one and going to get it. — Ronald Reagan

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