Crimes Quotes

611 Crimes quotes by 471 unique authors

He was a man of his times. with one virtue and a thousand crimes. (The Corsair) — Lord Byron
In existing criminology there are concepts: a criminal man, a criminal profession, a criminal society, a criminal sect, and a criminal tribe; but there is… — P D Ouspensky
How does something immoral, when done privately, become moral when it is done collectively? Furthermore, does legality establish morality? Slavery was legal; apartheid is legal;… — Walter E. Williams
Sins may be forgiven. Crimes require punishment. — George R. R. Martin
...history has shown that the most terrible crimes against love have been committed in the name of fanatically defended doctrines. — Paul Tillich
Rape is one of the most terrible crimes on earth and it happens every few minutes. The problem with groups who deal with rape is… — Kurt Cobain
I am a person who feels guilty for crimes I have not committed, or have not committed in years. The police search the train station… — David Sedaris
... as recently as the mid-1970s, the most well-respected criminologists were predicting that the prison system would soon fade away. Prison did not deter crime… — Michelle Alexander
If you had enough money, you could hardly commit crimes at all. You just perpetrated amusing little peccadilloes. — Terry Pratchett
Toast was a pointless invention from the Dark Ages. Toast was an implement of torture that caused all those subjected to it to regurgitate in… — Margaret Atwood
No, nothing,' said Dumbledore, and a great sadness filled his face. 'The time is long gone when I could frighten you with a burning wardrobe… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
We all commit our crimes. The thing is to not lie about them -- to try to understand what you have done, why you have… — James A. Baldwin
There was no way possible [the queen] could have done all of the things the pamphleteers claimed. The crimes were too gross, too immoral and… — Cassandra Clare
Now my charms are all o'erthrown, And what strength I have's mine own, - Which is most faint: now, 'tis true, I must be here… — William Shakespeare
There is a difference between admitting and confessing. Admitting involves softening, making excuses for things that cannot be excused; confessing just names the crimes at… — Veronica Roth
There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them. — Joseph Brodsky
Poor human nature, what horrible crimes have been committed in thy name! All wars are wars among thieves who are too cowardly to fight and… — Emma Goldman
Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws. — Tacitus
When politics enter into municipal government, nothing resulting therefrom in the way of crimes and infamies is then incredible. It actually enables one to accept… — Mark Twain
The most heinous and the most cruel crimes of which history has record have been committed under the cover of religion or equally noble motives. — Mahatma Gandhi
People have suffered and become insane for centuries by the thought of eternal punishment after death. Wouldn't it be better to depend on blind matter...… — Baron d'Holbach
The greatest crimes have been found, in many instances, to be compatible with a superstitious piety and devotion; hence it is justly regarded as unsafe… — David Hume
There exists among the intolerable degraded, the perverse and powerful desire to force into the arena of the actual those fantastic crimes of which they… — James A. Baldwin
High testosterone levels have been proven to make men more likely to commit crimes. The tendency in men toward risky behaviour keeps turning up even… — Rodney Stark
The greatest of all crimes are the wars that are carried on by governments, to plunder, enslave, and destroy mankind. — Lysander Spooner

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