Crime Quote by Tacitus Download Open image “Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.” — Tacitus ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Crime Gun Law Politics Suffering
It is indeed strange that with all the knowledge we have gained in the past hundred years we preserve and practice the methods of… — Clarence Darrow Copy Share Image
For centuries we have been living in the society where not laws but people ruled, where there was no legal state. — Nursultan Nazarbayev Copy Share Image
The very concept of law that protects us from tyranny has been lost. No longer the people's shield, law has become a weapon in… — Paul Craig Roberts Copy Share Image
We enact many laws that manufacture criminals, and then a few that punish them. — Allen Tucker Copy Share Image
We must follow the old authorities and precedents in criminal matters. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
We must reject the idea that every time a laws broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
For too long, the victims of crime have been the forgotten persons of our criminal justice system. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
It's come around to that point of view at the end of a long evolutionary process, in which the rule of law has slowly… — Matt Taibbi Copy Share Image
If the prosecution of crime is to be conducted with so little regard for that protection which centuries of English law have given to… — Learned Hand Copy Share Image
“I think it’s time to ask: Where are we, as a society? Are we no longer a country governed by the rule of law,… — Historica Press Copy Share Image
Benefits received are a delight to us as long as we think we can requite them; when that possibility is far exceeded, they are… — Tacitus Copy Share Image
None mourn more ostentatiously than those who most rejoice at it [a death]. — Tacitus Copy Share Image
So true is it that all transactions of preeminent importance are wrapt in doubt and obscurity; while some hold for certain facts the most… — Tacitus Copy Share Image
Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those… — Tacitus Copy Share Image
Indeed, the crowning proof of their valour and their strength is that they keep up their superiority without harm to others. — Tacitus Copy Share Image
None mourn more ostentatiously over the death of Germanicus than those who most rejoice at it [a death]. — Tacitus Copy Share Image
The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast. — Tacitus Copy Share Image
“Crime and punishment can be summed up in two classifications: there are bad people and there are people who get into bad situations. The… — Johnnie Dent Jr Copy Share Image
With 'Pretty Girls,' I saw the opportunity to talk not just about crime but what crime leaves behind. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
“The jailers, the Court, everyone in that building – it wasn’t about justice; it was about obedience and intimidation…about maintaining order. Fear accomplished that… — Jay Allan Copy Share Image
Taking notes while watching Forensic Files and Snapped. I don't want to make the same mistakes the criminals do! ;) — Nishan Panwar Copy Share Image
A man could be a lover and defender of the wilderness without ever in his lifetime leaving the boundaries of asphalt, powerlines, and right-angled… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
Nations sometimes flourish by denying the crimes that brought them into being. Only when the original invasion, occupation, extermination or usurpation has been safely… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
The danger that may really threaten (crime fiction) is that soon there will be more writers than readers — Jacques Barzun Copy Share Image
“a crime to fell a tree and light it on fire, where coals of hardened shit warmed and stunk up homes,” — Hugh Howey Copy Share Image
A great read; an exciting, frightening account of organized crime today. But like all important works of nonfiction, it goes further… This book is… — Le Ly Hayslip Copy Share Image
If it comes to a question of law, the charges they brought against me - the Espionage Act - is called the quintessential political… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
