Best Criminal Lines
759 Criminal quotes by 590 unique authors
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Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.
— Henry Thomas Buckle
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... the growing child must not be treated by those rigid rules of criminal procedure which confessedly fail to prevent offenses on the part of…
— Julia Lathrop
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There's no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation. What's done in private between adults doesn't concern the Criminal Code.
— Pierre Trudeau
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Criminal court is where bad people are on their best behavior. It's much more dangerous for lawyers and judges in family court, where good people…
— Richard Dooling
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The judge is found guilty when a criminal is acquitted.
— Publilius Syrus
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I wonder what sentences judges might hand down at future international criminal tribunals on those who will be partially but directly responsible for millions of…
— Mark Lynas
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Poverty cannot be accepted as a pretext and justification for the exploitation of children. It does not explain the huge global demand with, in many…
— Unknown Author
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Obviously, certain sins often may escape detection. Homosexuals who practice behind closed doors are out-of-bounds for the courts, of course, unless others witness their criminal…
— Gary DeMar
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There are many ways to be a criminal or hero. Don't forget that.
— Caragh M. O'Brien
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These criminals represent us. One of them recognized Jesus for who he was and received him; Jesus promised that when he died he would be…
— James MacDonald
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From study of known normal brains we have learned that there is a certain range of variation. No two brains are exactly alike, and the…
— Edward Anthony Spitzka
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Not to sound cynical, but all you ever learn in prison is how to be a better criminal.
— Ras Kass
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I don't fear jail because I know I'm not guilty. I know I did nothing wrong. I did nothing criminal and I also believe my…
— Kenneth Lay
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It cannot bring back and make whole those who suffered and died by a racist's criminal hand. But it can at least reaffirm our nation's…
— Christopher Dodd
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For the first time in its history, Western Civilization is in danger of being destroyed internally by a corrupt, criminal ruling cabal which is centered…
— Carroll Quigley
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I only did my duty to my country when I tried to oppose the criminal folly of Hitler
— Wilhelm Canaris
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You know, for a long time being a heavily tattooed woman was viewed as something gross, or you're either a criminal or a drug addict.…
— Kat Von D
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The key thing is to ensure that we give the criminal-justice system the tools it needs, so that women's rights are turned into reality. It…
— Jon Kyl
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I was made, by the law, a criminal, not because of what I had done, but because of what I stood for, because of what…
— Nelson Mandela
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The hoodies themselves aren't criminal. White people wear hoodies all the time!
— Marc Lamont Hill
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People - pardon me, journalists and politicians - have often accused me of believing that I'm above the law. And yet, who isn't? Everywhere you…
— L. Neil Smith
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Since the Puffy Combs case in New York, I will not try any more criminal cases
— Johnnie Cochran
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I'm real bent on dialogue. I'm just a little bit crazy and when you put that along with 20 years as a criminal lawyer, it's…
— Christopher Darden
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The revolutionary despises public opinion. He despises and hates the existing social morality in all its manifestations. For him, morality is everything which contributes to…
— Sergey Nechayev
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The only form of revolution beneficial to the people is one which destroys the entire state to the roots and exterminates all the state traditions,…
— Sergey Nechayev
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