19th century Quote by Edward Bellamy

“As you have observed, it is the nature of human beings to exploit one another ruthlessly and to ravage nature as well, again and…

— Dean Koontz

“The ignorant mass looks upon the man who makes a violent protest against our social and economic iniquities as upon a wild beast, a…

— Emma Goldman

“There are crimes that are truly uncomely. With crimes, whatever they may be, the more blood, the more horror there is, the more imposing…

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

“There was a difference between violent, destructive crimes and bending rules that were prejudiced or predatory to start.”

— Angela Flournoy

“It may sound cruel...but...what makes a criminal is a disposition toward cruelty, a laziness and impatience that lead to taking from others, and cynicism…

— Stanley Crouch

“Crime is a rigid, unbending master, against whom no one can be strong except by total rebellion”

— Alessandro Manzoni

“As one reads history, not in the expurgated editions written for schoolboys and passmen, but in the original authorities of each time, one is…

— Oscar Wilde

“And, in fact, if these crimes appeal less to the senses, they appeal more to the mind; and the mind, in the last analysis,…

— Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly

“When you think of the long and gloomy history of man, you will find that far more hideous crimes have been committed in the…

— C.P. Snow

“The fact was that one was left empty-handed. There was no system to soothe the unfairness of things; justice was without scope; it might…

— Kiran Desai

“In order for punishment not to be, in every instance, an act of violence of one or many against a private citizen, it must…

— Steven Briggs

“Crime belongs exclusively to the lower orders. I don't blame them in the smallest degree. I should fancy that crime was to them what…

— Oscar Wilde