Community Quote by Henry David Thoreau

There is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and who steals what is most precious to men: time.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

“For property is robbery, but then, we are all robbers or would-be robbers together, and have found it essential to organise our thieving, as…

— Samuel Butler

Men kill for many reasons, they steal but for one-greed.

— Sharon Kay Penman

The reason why men enter into society is the preservation of their property.

— John Locke

Crime, especially crime involving money, reflects the gap between the expectation to provide and the ability to provide... If we really want men to…

— Warren Farrell

There are robberies that leave man or woman forever beggared of peace and joy, yet kept secret by the sufferer.

— George Eliot

We are the victims of the world's most comprehensive robbery. Life demands a balance. It's all right if we do a little robbing now.

— Maya Angelou

Most men only commit great crimes because of their scruples about petty ones.

— Jean Francois Paul de Gondi

Men are always enslaved by material abundance and wealth, and the more they possess, the greedier they become.

— Aisha

Many a man is saved from being a thief by finding everything locked up.

— E. W. Howe

There are dreadful punishments enacted against thieves, but it were much better to make such good provisions by which every man might be put…

— Thomas More

The fact of the matter is that poor men do not often steal, and when they do, it is petty theft, something to eat…

— Louis L'Amour