Bad intentions Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Trials rarely found men not guilty. The general view was that if a man were innocent he would not have got into trouble in…

— Ken Follett

Why categorise crime as a gender issue? Why should a man or woman be more inclined to believe in certain basic values?

— Smriti Irani

The consequences of a crime should not be out of proportion to the crime itself.

— John F. Kerry

Crimes against women are growing day by day. Despite this, the mindset of our leaders, politicians, or judicial system is not changing.

— Raveena Tandon

For a punishment to be just it should consist of only such gradations of intensity as suffice to deter men from committing crimes.

— Cesare Beccaria

Crimes are more effectually prevented by the certainty than the severity of punishment

— Cesare Beccaria

Nothing that isn't a real crime makes a man appear so contemptible and little in the eyes of the world as inconsistency.

— Joseph Addison

For the powerful, crimes are those that others commit.

— Noam Chomsky

The worst crimes are not committed by evil degenerates, but by decent and intelligent people taking 'pragmatic' decisions.

— Colin Wilson

Justice consists in doing no injury to men; decency in giving them no offense.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

If crimes are committed they must be seen as a disease, and punishment as treatment rather than as social vengeance.

— Daniel Guerin

The politics of crime is not about a party's record or a candidates proposals, but about perceived character and values.

— Susan Estrich