Crimes Quotes

611 Crimes quotes by 471 unique authors

...the crimes of violence committed for selfish, personal motives are historically insignificant compared to those committed ad majorem gloriam Dei, out of a self-sacrificing devotion… — Arthur Koestler
You do not know the unfathomable cowardice of humanity...servile in the face of force, pitiless in the face of weakness, implacable before blunders, indulgent before… — Niccolo Machiavelli
Vices are simply the errors which a man makes in his search after his own happiness. Unlike crimes, they imply no malice toward others, and… — Lysander Spooner
Number one, it is absolutely critical that we tone down the rhetoric when it comes to the immigration debate, because there has been an undertone… — Barack Obama
Historically, terrorism falls in a category different from crimes that concern a criminal court judge. — Jurgen Habermas
For it is not light that is needed, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and… — Frederick Douglass
Robots are emotionless, so they don't get upset if their buddy is killed, they don't commit crimes of rage and revenge. But ... they see… — P. W. Singer
Only the winners decide what were war crimes. — Garry Wills
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
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
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
Nothing incites to money-crimes like great poverty or great wealth. — Mark Twain
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
If you expect the wise man to be as angry as the baseness of crimes requires, then he must not only be angry but go… — Seneca the Younger
Petty laws breed great crimes. — Ouida
Terrorism is a direct response to the crimes our government has committed against foreigners (besides which, the actual terrorists are within our own government) — Gore Vidal
There is no more fundamental axiom of American freedom than the familiar statement: In a free country we punish men for the crimes they commit… — Harry S. Truman

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