Crime Quotes

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Harshness towards individuals who flout the laws and commands of the state is for the public good; no greater crime against the public interest is… — Cardinal Richelieu
Well, you know what happens to crime when the heat goes up. — James Hansen
We've been talking about this for a good while, the immorality of drones, dropping bombs on innocent people. It's been over 200 children so far.… — Cornel West
Crimes, sins, nightmares, hunks of hair: it was surprising how many of them has something to dispose of. The more I charged, the easier it… — Tama Janowitz
The secret of great fortunes without apparent cause is a crime forgotten, forgotten because it was properly done. — Honore de Balzac
Successful crime is dignified with the name of virtue; the good become the slaves of the wicked; might makes right; fear silences the power of… — Seneca the Younger
The law has been perverted, and the powers of the state have become perverted along with it. The law has not only been turned from… — Frederic Bastiat
Government has coddled, accepted, and ignored white collar crime for too long. It is time the nation woke up and realized that it's not the… — Harry Markopolos
Crime in the city streets is more than a political issue. It's a too rampant fact.... In Indianapolis they have come up with a most… — Malcolm Forbes
Sloth, if it has prevented many crimes, has also smothered many virtues. — Charles Caleb Colton
Lots of people committed crimes during the year who would not have done so if they had been fishing. The increase of crime is among… — Herbert Hoover
The poor must be wisely visited and liberally cared for, so that mendicity shall not be tempted into mendacity, nor want exasperated into crime. — Robert Charles Winthrop
Justice doesn't only mean that the people who commit crime are punished. It also means that we can never give up seeking the truth. — Henning Mankell
We are so inculcated with guilt that we think that weakness is a sin or that it is some crime against nature to be submissive. — Anton Szandor LaVey
Now, get this as a technical fact, not a hopeful idea. Every time we have investigated the background of a critic of Scientology, we have… — L. Ron Hubbard
There's only one remedy for crime — get rid of the psychs! They are causing it! — L. Ron Hubbard
Never discuss Scientology with the critic. Just discuss his or her crimes, known and unknown. — L. Ron Hubbard
Steve Mosby has become one of a handful of writers who make me excited about crime fiction. — Val McDermid
The fantasy that accompanies and generates the anticipation that precedes the crime is always more stimulating than the immediate aftermath of the crime itself. — Ted Bundy
I don't wanna die, I'm not gonna lie to you I admit that and I'm not asking for clemency, I'm not asking for forgiveness, I'm… — Ted Bundy
Art is no crime. It's every artist's responsibility to make art that is meaningful — Shirin Neshat
It becomes more necessary to see the truth as it is if you realise that the only vehicle for change are these people who have… — Steven Biko
Blind commitment to a theory is not an intellectual virtue: it is an intellectual crime. — Imre Lakatos
The fact that a player is very short of time is to my mind, as little to be considered as an excuse as, for instance,… — Alexander Alekhine
We talk about civilization as though it's a static state. There are no civilized people yet, it's a process that's constantly going on... As long… — Jacque Fresco

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