1,685 Quotes About Crime

Cynicism! That, no doubt is a greater crime than heresy.

We run to place and power over the dead bodies of those who fail and fall; ay, we win the food we eat from out the mouths of starving babes.

When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.

All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.

Does the "crime" being committed match the punishment being exacted? If you think it is, that says a lot about who is really obtuse but also obdurate as well. Compassion. Try it some time and you may become a better person to others.

Crime isn't that complicated. People steal because taking something gives them something. If they're not in it for the money, they're in it for control. The act of taking, of breaking the rules, makes them feel powerful. They're in it for the sheer defiance. Some people steal to stay alive, and some steal to feel alive.

Endangering human life for profit should be a universal crime.

For the powerful, crimes are those that others commit.

To them, kindness was seen as weakness, mercy was perceived as cowardice and negotiation was a code word for a bullet in the head.