Crime Quotes

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If an historian were to relate truthfully all the crimes, weaknesses, and disorders of mankind, his readers would take his work for satire rather than… — Pierre Bayle
Properly speaking, history is nothing but the crimes and misfortunes of the human race. — Pierre Bayle
There are criminals who are drug users, but most addicts are criminals only by virtue of prohibition or from resorting to crime to pay inflated… — Danny Sugerman
Impeachment is the direct constitutional means for removing a President, Vice President or other civil officers of the United States who has acted or threatened… — Ramsey Clark
A 'civilization' that makes such a ridiculous fuss about alleged 'war crimes' - acts of violence against the actual or potential enemies of one's cause… — Savitri Devi
What I did in my youth is hundreds of times easier today. Technology breeds crime. — Frank Abagnale
Misery leads to crime. I saw so many boys whipped it ruined my mind. — Albert Fish
A new fascism promises security from the terror of crime. All that is required is that we take away the criminals' rights - which, of… — Gerry Spence
Behind every fortune, there's a crime. — Method Man
Honesty is the best policy in international relations, interpersonal relations, labor, business, education, family and crime control because truth is the only thing that works… — Ramsey Clark
Secrecy is the original sin. The fig leaf in the Garden of Eden. The basic crime against love. — Timothy Leary
Our nation was built and civilized by men and women who used guns in self-defense and in pursuit of peace. One wonders indeed, if the… — Ronald Reagan
Ah! How I hate the crimes of the new generation: they are dry and sterile as darnel. — Jean-Paul Sartre
The citizens of a city are not guilty of the crimes committed in their city; but they are guilty as participants in the destiny of… — Paul Tillich
Slave camps under the flag of freedom, massacres justified by philanthropy or the taste of the superhuman, cripple judgment. On the day when crime puts… — Albert Camus
I think the English are bipolar. 'We're the greatest, no we're terrible' - that's a constant English struggle. Crime is down, there's little poverty -… — Dara O Briain
By ethical argument and moral principle the greatest crimes are eventually shown to have been necessary, and, in fact, a signal benefit to mankind. — Zhuangzi
In order for an act to be a crime, libertarians say, someone must be harmed - there must be a victim. Anything that's peaceful, voluntary,… — Unknown Author
Six months have passed since that horrible, horrible event of terrorism in the twin towers and Washington. I hope people all over the world recognize… — Hamid Karzai
It doesn't help to fight crime to put people in prison who are innocent. — Stephen Breyer
I sincerely believe that if Bush and Cheney recognized the full humanity of other people's mothers around the world, they wouldn't commit the crimes they… — Wallace Shawn
Let's remember the children who come from broken homes, surrounded by crime, drugs, temptation, their peers having babies out of wedlock, but who still manage… — Armstrong Williams
We are all descended from cavemen who broke the skulls of their enemies with rocks for fun or profit. But that hardly mitigates the crimes… — Jonah Goldberg
In America, the traditional routes to black identity have hardly been normal. Suicide (disappearance by imitation, or willed extinction), violence (hysterical religiosity, crime, armed revolt),… — June Jordan
Examples one finds in the philosophical literature are somebody who's seen the trial of a child of theirs, where they're being proved guilty of some… — Robert Nozick

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