118 result(s) for Crime Quotes.
"Crime does not pay, but in the end, it’s still a thrill."
"The law is not a law without punishment."
"The greatest crime is not to have tried at all."
"Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law."
"The only way to make a man trustworthy is to trust him."
"Every crime is a result of a moral failure."
"Once you get rid of integrity, the rest is easy."
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"The punishment of crime should be only that it defeats its own ends."
"The roots of crime run deep in the darkness of despair."
"Crime, like the disease, needs a cure."
"To be in a state of distrust is to be in a state of personal crime."
"Intolerance of injustice is the mother of justice."
"The true measure of a man is what he would do if he knew he would never be caught."
"There is no crime that is not a reward to somebody."
"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure in crime prevention."
"Revenge is a confession of pain."
"Society prepares the crime; the guilty are only the instruments."
"Criminals are the only people in this world who are truly unpredictable."
"It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see that matters."
"Crime is the price society pays for being affluent."
"If crime was rewarded, there wouldn’t be a criminal left in America."
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"Every act of crime is an act that disarms the innocent."
"To err is human; to forgive, divine. To commit crime is lunacy."
"While we do not look in the same way at thieves, often the real criminals are not behind bars."
"The greatest crimes are caused by surfeit, not by want."
"Every crime is a reflection of society's failures."
"It is the law that makes a man a murderer; it is not his own hand. The law is a moral force, a guiding principle."
"The most terrible thing is to disallow hope to another human being."
"The best way to avoid crime is to get involved in prevention."
"All crime is a mistake. There is no crime that is not a mistake."
"Crime does not pay ... as well as politics."
"The law cannot equalize mankind in spite of all its pretensions."
"Crimes of the heart are always abominable and attract deep scrutiny."
"The law is not an end in itself; it serves the people and must be at the service of justice."
"Impunity is the mother of injustice."
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"We cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals."
"The crime we recognize as great is often the crime we commit ourselves, but disguised."
"What we need is a law that will allow you to commit any crime, provided it is tomorrow."
"Crime is not a mere violation of the law; it fundamentally impairs the human spirit."
"The criminal is the creative artist; the detective only the critic."
"If there is no justice for the people, then there can be no peace for the government."
"There is no such thing as an innocent bystander."
"Crime is a product of our society, arising from the imbalance between the needs of the individual and the rights of the community."
"In a civilized society, law must be above solidarity."
"Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves."
"No one is free when others are oppressed."
"There is no crime that cannot be traced back to the love of money."
"The higher the social class, the more the crime takes the form of neglect."
"A crime is a crime, and it should be punished."
"Truth is the first victim of war, and lies are the tools with which governments justify crime."
"A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right."
"Violence is not a solution, it’s a crime."
"The law cannot protect the weak if it is weak itself."
"A person who commits a crime is not a true criminal but someone who makes a choice in a moment of darkness."
"Revenge is a crime that has no statute of limitations."
"The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones."
"Crime does not pay. As a matter of fact, it repays very poorly."
"If we had no faults, we would not take so much pleasure in noting those of others."
"People are not born criminals; they are made."
"He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it."
"To guarantee a man’s freedom, we must first protect his right to commit a crime."
"A crime is a crime, whether committed by one person or thousands."
"To understand the world, you must first understand yourself, including your own criminal tendencies."
"Crimes of necessity are often the result of a society that fails to provide for its people."
"When people abandon their sense of right and wrong, they become willing accomplices in crime."
"No one can guarantee success in war, in love, or in crime."
"The crime of not being able to create is one of the most profound extant in our society."
"Each crime is like a fingerprint; it leaves its own mark."
"A person is innocent until proven broke."
"The greatest crime is to do nothing because you can only do a little."
"Crime is the last refuge of the imaginative."
"It is not crime, but punishment, that is the problem."
"Punishment consists in pulling back a floating life, a little back toward the absolute."
"Injustice everywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
"When crime is made so easy, there is no reason to commit it."
"The first duty of society is justice."
"There is no greater crime than that of the heart, a betrayal in the name of love."
"Lawyers and painters can soon make whiskeys, but they can't make justice."
"Crime is simply the law's expression of the moral code."
"Justice delayed is justice denied."
"Crimes sometimes belong to the law and not to the criminal."
"You can't fight crime without a badge and a heart."
"In a society marked by crime, the victim becomes the perpetrator."
"There is no crime, only crime-fighting."
"The law is not always the law; that's why there's always crime."
"The morality of duty becomes less apparent amid the poison of crime."
"To live outside the law, you must be honest."
"Crime is a mirror in which we see ourselves as we truly are."
"One man's criminal is another man's hero."
"A crime is rather more than a breach of the law; it is a condition of affairs for the individual and society."
"No one is above the law, and no one is below it."
"Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for the law."
"The crime of the century is not the crime of violence; it is the crime of being born."
"The greatest crime is to compromise with injustice and falsehood."
"Crime does not pay...as well as politics."
"Every act of crime is an act of terror against the moral order of our society."
"The criminal justice system is not about punishment; it’s about rehabilitation and prevention."
"Crime is a product of social excess."
"In every society, crime is a universal aspect of human behavior."
"Criminals should not be allowed to possess firearms."
"When people are being attacked, that's when the true crime happens."
"One crime can make a thousand people mad."
"Crime knows no boundaries, class, or creed."
"When people don't feel safe, it’s a sign that crime is not being taken seriously."
"The law cannot stop all crime, but it can surely punish the guilty with fairness."
"A criminal is a person with predatory instincts who has not yet taken the plunge."
"The ink of a scholar is more sacred than the blood of a martyr."
"Crime is merely the differences in our lives that have gone awry."
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."
"The measure of a society can be how well its people treat its most vulnerable members."
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
"The line between good and evil is permeable and almost impossible to locate."
"Criminality is often a reaction to social inequality and lack of opportunity."
"All the world's a stage, and most of us are desperately unrehearsed."
"Crime is a symptom of a deeper problem."
"If you give people a chance, they will rise to the occasion, because no one is born a criminal."
"What we really need is a world of nonviolence."
"Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through."
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