Crime Quotes

2562 Crime quotes by 1637 unique authors

I came to know that in many ways it was a crime to be Filipino in California .... I feel like a criminal running away… — Carlos Bulosan
If we cannot make a profit, that means we are committing a sort of crime against society. We take society's capital, we take their people,… — Konosuke Matsushita
Civilization is built on a number of ultimate principles... respect for human life, the punishment of crimes against property and persons, the equality of all… — Max Nordau
How dare the smooth talkers, the clever official blabbers, open their mouths and boast of progress. . . . Here they hold jubilant peace conferences… — Max Nordau
The biological factors underlying race differences in sports have consequences for educational achievement, crime and sexual behavior. — J. Philippe Rushton
It takes a long, hard effort and sustained determination to reduce crime. We will stay the course and we are confident that the numbers will… — Jack Johnson
For the past seven years we have been cracking down on crime in Missouri, passing tougher laws for drug crimes and sex offenses and requiring… — Mel Carnahan
We're not as materialistic and income-tax conscious as we think. At the moment our superstitions are tucked away, but come out sometimes in strange ways… — Terence Fisher
If you are ever going to lie, you go to jail for the lie rather than the crime. So believe me, don't ever lie. — Richard M. Nixon
Seeing Neil Entwistle accused of this awful crime gives us little comfort and, in fact, only adds to our enormous pain and suffering. To think… — Joe Flaherty
Last September 16th, I was walking in downtown Seattle when this pick-up truck pulls up in front of me. Guy leans out the window and… — Sherman Alexie
I once succumbed to the fad of fasting and went for six days and nights without eating. It wasn't difficult. I was less hungry at… — Dale Carnegie
Western governments ... will lose the war against dealers unless efforts are switched to prevention and therapy... All penalties for drug users should be dropped… — Unknown Author
The importation and sale of marijuana is condemned and punished as a serious crime, but we accept as legitimate the manufacture and sale of an… — Jimmy Carter
The lesson has already been learned with alcohol prohibition. We tried to engineer an alcohol-free society and ended up with huge criminal enterprises, government corruption,… — Kurt Schmoke
Our emphasis here is based not only on the growing seriousness of drug-related crimes, but also on the belief that relieving our police and our… — Milton Friedman
Indifference must be a crime in us, to be ranked but one degree below treachery; for deserting the commonwealth is next to betraying it. — Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke
The teaching of any science, for purposes of liberal education, without linking it with social progress and teaching its social significance, is a crime against… — Chris Carter
... As long as you continue to tar social democracy with all the crimes of communism, I feel equally entitled to tar the free market… — Unknown Author
We've got the emPHAsis on the wrong sylLAble when it comes to crime in this country. The FBI says burglary and robbery cost U.S. taxpayers… — Molly Ivins
I'll tell you what I'd do if it were up to me: I would establish a strictly controlled distribution network through which I would make… — George Soros
By far the most numerous and most flagrant violations of personal liberty and individual rights are performed by governments... The major crimes throughout history, the… — John Hospers
The supreme crime of the church to-day is that everywhere and in all its operations and influences it is on the side of sloth of… — Upton Sinclair
To implant fear in the minds of children is a crime. If parents try to rule the child by fear, then fear rules the child. — E. Stanley Jones
You don't have many suspects who are innocent of a crime. That's contradictory. If a person is innocent of a crime, then he is not… — Edwin Meese

Who Wrote These Crime Quotes

1,637 authors contributed a total of 2,562 Crime Quotes, led by these top contributors: