Crime Quote by John Steinbeck

The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all.

— Tacitus

“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

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

— Angela Flournoy

“there were many ways to judge the acts of an institution, and the pragmatic way was not the worst, by any means.”

— James A. Michener

“As for the comparatively small class of violent crimes against persons, unconnected with any idea of gain, they were almost wholly confined, even in…

— Edward Bellamy

“The worst evil is not to commit crimes, but to fail to do the good one might have done.”

— Leon Bloy

“but that the production of lawlessness was an appropriate way to find murderers who could be recruited for organized actions.”

— Timothy Snyder

“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

“They only asked for punishments that fitted their crimes. Not ones that came like cupboards with built-in bedrooms. Not ones you spent your whole…

— Arundhati Roy

“-----What is more punished among the angry than anger? among the unsatisfied than desire? among the hate-filled than hate? among the frightened than fear? ”

— Toi Derricotte

“drove them at length to the most barbarous and inhuman methods of suppressing them, by the murder of their children.”

— Matthew Henry

“People also felt that a great crime had been committed, yet there was not going to be a great punishment.”

— Bethany McLean