Crime Quotes

2562 Crime quotes by 1637 unique authors

Evil men, obsessed with ambition and unburdened by conscience, must be taken very seriously-and we must stop them before their crimes can multiply. — George W. Bush
Was not war itself a crime against God and humanity, and therefore, were not all those who sanctioned, engineered and conducted wars, war criminals? — Mahatma Gandhi
Some explanations of a crime are not explanations: they're part of the crime. — Olavo de Carvalho
The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all. — Tacitus
We might make a public moan in the newspapers about the decay of conscience, but in private conversation, no matter what crimes a man may… — Lewis H. Lapham
You ask, What is our policy? I will say; 'It is to wage war, by sea, land and air, with all our might and with… — Winston Churchill
If, on a rare occasion, it is necessary to speak with some severity in order to make a grievous crime felt, we should always, at… — Alphonsus Liguori
Legalizing drugs would simultaneously reduce the amount of crime and raise the quality of law enforcement. Can you conceive of any other measure that would… — Milton Friedman
They didn't trademark everything back then. Now someone farts and they put a TM after it. Even Miller Lite says 'A Fine Pilsner Beer' on… — Michael Jackson
It is not the conscience which raises a blush, for a man may sincerely regret some slight fault committed in solitude, or he may suffer… — Charles Darwin
Poor human nature, what horrible crimes have been committed in thy name! — Emma Goldman
The greatest of evils and the worst of crimes is poverty. — George Bernard Shaw
The greatest evils and the worst of crimes is poverty; our first duty, a duty to which every other consideration should be sacrificed, is not… — George Bernard Shaw
He has committed the crime who profits by it — Seneca the Younger
We should not so much esteem our poverty as a misfortune, were it not that the world treats it so much as a crime — Christian Nestell Bovee
Nothing incites to money-crimes like great poverty or great wealth. — Mark Twain
Decency is not news. It is buried in the obituaries, but it is a force stronger than crime. — Robert A. Heinlein
To accuse another of having weak kidneys, lungs, or heart, is not a crime; on the contrary, saying he has a weak brain is a… — Primo Levi
Crime seems to change character when it crosses a bridge or a tunnel. In the city, crime is taken as emblematic of class and race.… — Barbara Ehrenreich
A crime persevered in a thousand centuries ceases to be a crime, and becomes a virtue. This is the law of custom, and custom supersedes… — Mark Twain
Debt is a prolific mother of folly and of crime. — Benjamin Disraeli
We have suffered unnumbered ills and crimes in the name of the Law of the Land. Our men, women and children have suffered not only… — Cesar Chavez
The gayety of life, like the beauty and the moral worth of life, is a saving grace, which to ignore is folly, and to destroy… — Agnes Repplier
If you take out the killings, Washington actually has a very low crime rate. — Marion Barry
I believe it's a crime for anyone who is being brutalized to continue to accept that brutality without doing something to defend himself. — Malcolm X

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