Crime Quotes

He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.

Starvation, and not sin, is the parent of modern crime.

So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private individuals will occasionally kill theirs.

A crowded police court docket is the surest of all signs that trade is brisk and money plenty.

It is criminal to steal a purse, daring to steal a fortune, a mark of greatness to steal a crown. The blame diminishes as the guilt increases.

The typical mass murderer is extraordinarily ordinary.

I hate this 'crime doesn't pay' stuff. Crime in the United States is perhaps one of the biggest businesses in the world today.

I think crime pays. The hours are good and you travel a lot.

I hear much of Peoples calling out to punish the Guilty; but very few are concerned to clear the Innocent.

The greatest incitement to crime is the hope of escaping punishment.

All go free when many offend.

The vices of the rich and great are mistaken for error; and those of the poor and lowly, for crimes.

A criminal is a person with predatory instincts who has not sufficient capital to form a corporation.