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Crime Quotes - Page 18

He who commends the brutalities of the past, sows the seeds of future crimes.

Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.1841, Library of Alexandria

So many film makers are scared of visual effects - which is no crime.

"Peter Jackson & Guillermo Del Toro Talk The Hobbit!". Online Chat, movieweb.com. May 24, 2008.

Treason is the highest crime of a civil nature of which a man can be guilty.

Noah Webster (1832). “A Dictionary of the English Language: Intended to Exhibi ... : in Two Volumes”, p.559

it is the certainty of being punished and not the horrifying spectacle of public punishment that must discourage crime

Michel Foucault (2012). “Discipline & Punish: The Birth of the Prison”, p.9, Vintage

British crime stories tend to be very internal, psychological, claustrophobic, very limited in terms of geography.

"Sacked at 40 and on the scrapheap. Now Brummie tops US book charts" by David Smith, www.theguardian.com. June 21, 2008.

Stupidity is always a capital crime.

"N-Space". Book by Larry Niven, 1989.

There's only one remedy for crime — get rid of the psychs! They are causing it!

"The Cause of Crime". Scientology Bulletin, May 06, 1982.

Crime is for poor people. You don't need to rob the bank if you own it.

Josh Lieb (2009). “I Am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to Be Your Class President”, p.23, Penguin

Banks don't commit crimes. Bankers do. And they won't ever stop if they don't have to pay for their crimes.

"J.P. Morgan: The Man and the Bank" by Jim Hightower, progressive.org. November 29, 2013.