Crimes Quotes

611 quotes by 484 authors

No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once a specific crime… — Hannah Arendt
Drug prohibition has caused gang warfare and other violent crimes by raising the prices of drugs so much that vicious criminals enter the market to… — Michael Badnarik
When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not love us, they give us credit for nothing, not even… — Honore de Balzac
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
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
Hate crimes are the scariest thing in the world because these people really believe what they're doing is right. — Cher
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
The NATO forces will, to the extent that they have capacity, assist the war crimes tribunal. — Warren Christopher
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
All men thirst to confess their crimes more than tired beasts thirst for water; but they naturally object to confessing them while other people, who… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
In the budget I will present to you, we will try to do more to speed the deportation of illegal aliens who are arrested for… — William J. Clinton
Every time we sign a treaty with another country, the treaty (should) include prisoner transfer provisions.... Under these provisions, the country in which the crimes… — Kathleen Brown
I die innocent of all the crimes laid to my charge; I pardon those who have occasioned my death; and I pray to God that… — Louis XVI of France
Oh Liberty! Liberty! What crimes are committed in your name! — Madame Roland
It is not only vain, but wicked, in a legislator to frame laws in opposition to the laws of nature, and to arm them with… — Thomas Jefferson
War is a barbaric tool of the war profiteers and Empires who employ them. War pits young people from the working class against other similarly… — Cindy Sheehan

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