Crime Quotes - Page 8
Where true religion has prevented one crime, false religions have afforded a pretext for a thousand.
Charles Caleb Colton (1823). “Remarks on the Talents of Lord Byron and the Tendencies of Don Juan”, p.103
The great crime of our time, says Vonnegut, was to do too much good secretly, too much harm openly.
Charles A. Reich (1970). “The Greening of America”
Albert Einstein (2010). “Ideas And Opinions”, p.99, Broadway Books
Properly speaking, history is nothing but the crimes and misfortunes of the human race.
Pierre Bayle, Richard Henry Popkin, Craig Brush (1991). “Historical and Critical Dictionary: Selections”, p.147, Hackett Publishing
Henry Miller (1970). “The Air-Conditioned Nightmare”, p.86, New Directions Publishing
Major Barbara (1907) preface
Almost all crime is due to the repressed desire for aesthetic expression.
Decline and Fall pt. 3, ch. 1 (1928)
Poor human nature, what horrible crimes have been committed in thy name!
Emma Goldman (2015). “Anarchism: Top Crime Collections”, p.34, 谷月社
"Justice under Reagan: Reagan seeks judges with 'traditional approach'". U.S. News & World Report, October 14, 1985.
Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Time Enough for Love”, p.327, Penguin