Crime Quotes

2562 Crime quotes by 1637 unique authors

To declare that in the administration of criminal law the end justifies the means to declare that the Government may commit crimes in order to… — Louis D. Brandeis
Men blush less for their crimes than for their weaknesses and vanity. — Jean de la Bruyere
Poverty may be the mother of crime, but lack of good sense is the father. — Jean de la Bruyere
Any government that supports, protects or harbours terrorists is complicit in the murder of the innocent and equally guilty of terrorist crimes. — George W. Bush
Justice while she winks at crimes, Stumbles on innocence sometimes. — Samuel Butler
I should be very willing to redress men wrongs, and rather check than punish crimes, had not Cervantes, in that all too true tale of… — Lord Byron
You will feel the full force of the law and if you are old enough to commit these crimes you are old enough to face… — David Cameron
For centuries the death penalty, often accompanied by barbarous refinements, has been trying to hold crime in check; yet crime persists. Why? Because the instincts… — Albert Camus
The fear of burglars is not only the fear of being robbed, but also the fear of a sudden and unexpected clutch out of the… — Elias Canetti
Liquor prohibition led to the rise of organized crime in America, and drug prohibition has led to the rise of the gang problems we have… — Drew Carey
Well, if crime fighters fight crime and fire fighters fight fire, what do freedom fighters fight? They never mention that part to us, do they? — George Carlin
About 25 years ago, I started out as a reporter covering politics. And that sort of just evolved into organized crime, because organized crime and… — Howie Carr
Those who remember New York in the 1970s, as I do, look back on a city that had hit a very rough patch - decaying,… — Graydon Carter
Growing old is like being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven't committed. — Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Hate crimes are the scariest thing in the world because these people really believe what they're doing is right. — Unknown Author
The crime of loving is forgetting. — Maurice Chevalier
British crime stories tend to be very internal, psychological, claustrophobic, very limited in terms of geography. — Lee Child
The cure for all the ills and wrongs, the cares, the sorrows, and the crimes of humanity, all lie in the one word 'love'. It… — Lydia M. Child
Ugly. Is irrelevant. It is an immeasurable insult to a woman, and then supposedly the worst crime you can commit as a woman. But ugly,… — Margaret Cho
Environmental degradation, overpopulation, refugees, narcotics, terrorism, world crime movements, and organized crime are worldwide problems that don't stop at a nation's borders. — Warren Christopher
The NATO forces will, to the extent that they have capacity, assist the war crimes tribunal. — Warren Christopher
The more you can increase fear of drugs and crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens, the more you control all the people. — Noam Chomsky
Too much mercy... often resulted in further crimes which were fatal to innocent victims who need not have been victims if justice had been put… — Agatha Christie
Crime is terribly revealing. Try and vary your methods as you will, your tastes, your habits, your attitude of mind, and your soul is revealed… — Agatha Christie
No crime is so great as daring to excel. — Winston Churchill

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