Quotes with crime

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  • Ban Ki-moon Grave security concerns can arise as a result of demographic trends, chronic poverty, economic inequality, environmental degradation, pandemic diseases, organized crime, repressive governance and other developments no state can control alone. Arms can't address such concerns.
    Ban Ki-moon
    South Korean politician and diplomat (1944 - )
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  • James Russell Lowell Greatly begin. Though thou have time, but for a line, be that sublime . Not failure, but low aim is crime.
    James Russell Lowell
    American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat (1819 - 1891)
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  • Anthony Powell Growing old is like being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven't committed.
    Anthony Powell
    English novelist (1905 - 2000)
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  • Andrew Marvell Had we but world enough, and time, this coyness, lady, were no crime.
    Andrew Marvell
    English poet, satirist and politician (1621 - 1678)
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  • Cardinal De Richelieu Harshness towards individuals who flout the laws and commands of state is for the public good; no greater crime against the public interest is possible than to show leniency to those who violate it.
    As quoted in Champlains Dream (2008)
    Cardinal De Richelieu
    French clergyman and nobleman (1585 - 1642)
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  • Seneca He has committed the crime who profits by it.
    Seneca
    Roman philosopher, statesman and playwright (5 - 65)
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  • Henry George How vainly shall we endeavor to repress crime by our barbarous punishment of the poorer class of criminals so long as children are reared in the brutalizing influences of poverty, so long as the bite of want drives men to crime.
    Henry George
    American political economist and journalist (1839 - 1897)
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  • Charlotte Brontë I can so clearly distinguish between the criminal and his crime; I can so sincerely forgive the first while I abhor the last.
    Jane Eyre (1847) ch. 6
    Charlotte Brontë
    British Novelist (1816 - 1855)
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  • Bryan Fuller I read 'Red Dragon' back in high school. I love Thomas Harris' approach to the crime thriller that crossed over into horror in a way that nobody really tapped into.
    Bryan Fuller
    American television writer and producer (1969 - )
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  • Woody Allen I think crime pays. The hours are good, you meet a lot of interesting people, you travel a lot.
    Take the Money and Run (1969)
    Woody Allen
    American movie director and actor (1935 - )
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  • Antonia Fraser I think crime writing is my link with trying to preserve a sort of order.
    Antonia Fraser
    British author of history, novels, biographies and detective (1932 - )
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  • Aaron Eckhart I'm sort of fascinated by the whole espionage crime thing.
    Aaron Eckhart
    American actor (1968 - )
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  • Belle Boyd If it is a crime to love the South, its cause and its President, then I am a criminal. I would rather lie down in this prison and die than leave it owing allegiance to a government such as yours.
    Belle Boyd
    American Confederate spy (1844 - 1900)
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  • G. C. Lichtenberg If moderation is a fault, then indifference is a crime.
    G. C. Lichtenberg
    German writer and physicist (1742 - 1799)
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  • Jean de la Bruyère If poverty is the mother of crime, lack of good sense is the father.
    Jean de la Bruyère
    French writer (1645 - 1696)
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  • Cass Sunstein If the air quality is terrible in Los Angeles, if a particular university is unusually expensive, if crime is on the rise in Dallas, or if a company has a lot of recalled toys, transparency can spur change. Whenever public or private institutions have to answer to the public, their performance is likely to improve.
    Cass Sunstein
    American legal scholar (1954 - )
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  • Carrie P. Meek If we were really tough on crime, we'd do more to stop it from happening in the first place.
    Carrie P. Meek
    American politician (1926 - )
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  • Carrie P. Meek If we were really tough on crime, we'd try to save our children from the desperation and deprivation that leave them primed for a life of crime.
    Carrie P. Meek
    American politician (1926 - )
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  • Peggy Noonan If you commit a big crime then you are crazy, and the more heinous the crime the crazier you must be. Therefore you are not responsible, and nothing is your fault.
    Peggy Noonan
    American Author, Presidential Speechwriter (1950 - )
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  • Rush Limbaugh If you commit a crime, you're guilty.
    Rush Limbaugh
    American radio talk show host (1951 - 2021)
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