Criminals Quote by Thomas Jefferson

All religions accept that there is something called 'criminality.' And criminality cannot be excused by religious fervour.

— Wole Soyinka

Religious doctrines do not and clearly cannot be adopted as the criminal code of a state.

— Clarence Darrow

Crime is not punished as an offense against God, but as prejudicial to society.

— James Anthony Froude

This is appalling. The idea that a person could be punished because of their religious belief and the idea they might be executed is…

— John Howard

Faith properly informs the religious lawyer or judge, and morality is not in tension with fidelity to the law.

— William H. Pryor

Religious hatreds ought not to be propagated at all, but certainly not on a tax-exempt basis.

— James A. Michener

Religion must be a punishment, because nobody gets religion who does not have a bad conscience.

— August Strindberg

“In England, under the Blasphemy Laws, it is illegal to express disbelief in the Christian religion, though in practice the law is not set…

— Bertrand Russell

No person can be punished for entertaining or professing religious beliefs or disbeliefs, for church attendance or non-attendance.

— Hugo Black

“...the first object of religion next after the suppression of unlawful violence or appropriation should be the suppression of inaccurate statement, and to deny…

— LH Mills

Among all the religious persecutions with which almost every page of modern history is stained, no victim ever suffered but for violation of what…

— Richard Mentor Johnson

If it's a crime to incite religious hatred, does that make it a crime to incite fraud and deception hatred?

— Steve Fowler