Crime Quote by Ian McEwan

“Who tarnishes, assaults, threatens, hates the spirit of man is guilty of crime.”

— Christina Stead

“If we permit our imagination to traverse the obscure regions of possibility, we may doubtless imagine, according to the complexion of our minds, that…

— Christopher Hitchens

“Evil spirits wait for opportunities when we are spiritually weak or after we have rendered ourselves vulnerable by disobedience to God’s laws, and they…

— John Pontius

“imperceptible, element of contempt for those over whom the power is exercised. One can only dominate another human soul if one knows, understands, and…

— Sándor Márai

“And that is the terrible myth of organized society, that everything that's done through the established system is legal -- and that word has…

— William M. Kunstler

“For all that exists in man, whether good or evil, is rendered conspicuous by the presence of great danger. His inmost feelings are roused…

— Justus Friedrich Karl Hecker

“The working of the mind discover oft Dark deeds in darkness schemed, before the act. More hateful still the miscreant who seeks When caught,…

— Sophocles

“The truly self-possessed, however, are free from the whims of fate and chance. Calmly, they affect their will, and with strength of character and…

— James Allen

This spirit [of Party], unfortunately, is inseperable from our nature, having its root in the strongest passions of the human Mind. It exists under…

— George Washington

Where aspirations outstrip opportunities, law-abiding society becomes the victim. Attitudes of contempt toward the law are forged in this crucible and form the inner…

— Robert Kennedy

“that whoever is strong in mind and spirit will have power over them. Anyone who is greatly daring is right in their eyes. He…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“De Sade says you must commit crimes. In using the word crime we're adopting the consensus term, though among ourselves we would not describe…

— Elfriede Jelinek