A state is not a mere society, having a common place, established for the prevention of mutual crime and for the sake of exchange...Political society exists for the sake of noble actions, and not of mere companionship.

Aristotle

To open his lips is crime in a plain citizen.

Quintus Ennius

The key is to commit crimes so confusing that police feel too stupid to even write a crime report about them.

Randy K. Milholland

Organized crime in America takes in over forty billion dollars a year and spends very little on office supplies.

Woody Allen

The judge is condemned when the criminal is absolved.

Publilius Syrus

Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced. It is an open secret that the dangerous increase of crime in this counrty is closely related with this.

Albert Einstein

Criminal: A person with predatory instincts who has not sufficient capital to form a corporation.

Howard Scott

The worst crime is faking it.

Kurt Cobain

Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has to take the place of the victim and on his behalf demand atonement or grant forgiveness; it is the one crime in which society has a direct interest.

W. H. Auden

Where the suspect poses no immediate threat to the officer and no threat to others, the harm resulting from the failing to apprehend him does not justify the use of deadly force to do so.

Byron R. White

Going to trial with a lawyer who considers your whole life-style a Crime in Progress is not a happy prospect.

Hunter S. Thompson

When you think of the long and gloomy history of man, you will find more hideous crimes have been committed in the name of obedience than have ever been committed in the name of rebellion.

C. P. Snow

The reason there is so little crime in Germany is that it's against the law.

Alex Levin

Crooks are early adopters.

Craig Newmark

Aside from the murders, DC has one of the lowest crime rates in the country.

Marion Barry

There's a simple way to solve the crime problem: obey the law; punish those who do not.

Rush Limbaugh

There is no den in the wide world to hide a rogue. Commit a crime and the earth is made of glass. Commit a crime, and it seems as if a coat of snow fell on the ground, such as reveals in the woods the track of every partridge, and fox, and squirrel.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Crime butchers innocence to secure a throne, and innocence struggles with all its might against the attempts of crime.

Maximilien Robespierre

A crime which is the crime of many none avenge.

Lucan

Perhaps the world's second worst crime is boredom. The first is being a bore.

Jean Baudrillard

Obviously crime pays, or there'd be no crime.

G. Gordon Liddy

The reason there are so many imbeciles among imprisoned criminals is that an imbecile is so foolish even a detective can detect him.

Austin O'Malley

Crime is a fact of the human species, a fact of that species alone, but it is above all the secret aspect, impenetrable and hidden. Crime hides, and by far the most terrifying things are those which elude us.

George Bataille

Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children.

George Bernard Shaw

Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime.

Aristotle

He who allows oppression shares the crime.

Desiderius Erasmus

Popularity is a crime from the moment it is sought; it is only a virtue where men have it whether they will or no.

Sir George Savile

One way to make sure crime doesn't pay would be to let the government run it.

Ronald Reagan

But from each crime are born bullets that will one day seek out in you where the heart lies.

Pablo Neruda

Crime is naught but misdirected energy.

Emma Goldman

The people who perpetrated this crime really had no idea what they were destroying.

Lisa Mcdermott

I don't lock my house. There's no crime.

Paul Sutton

Overlook our deeds, since you know that crime was absent from our inclination.

Ovid

These people have committed no crime, but there is no supervision of the way they are being held.

Irene Khan

How stupid can a thief be to go out on a roof where everyone can see him committing the crime?

Vince Hall

If someone committed a crime they will no longer work in my administration.

Valerie Plame

The tap root of violent crime in Jamaica.

Dr Peter Phillips

Tackle the crime first and create a platform for investment.

Neil Fraser

Acknowledging that crime happens in the ivory tower is really tough for them.

Catherine Bath

They see a lot of violent crime and a lot of gang violence – that's what I'm concerned about.

Michael Brunker

It was a hate crime. My daughter is very shaken up.

Robert Owens

This could be a crime of opportunity where someone saw it, hot-wired it and drove it off.

Jeff Hawkins

If they do a crime here, there's a pretty good chance they're going to prison.

Leo Miller

Why? Because a crime is a crime. They are all the same.

Musikari Kombo

Coercion. The unpardonable crime.

Dorothy Miller Richardson

You keep accusing me of blasphemy all of the time, but I cannot be convicted of a victimless crime.

Dan Barker

Behind every great fortune there is a crime.

Honore De Balzac

From the information I have received, it was an adult crime.

Craig Fraser

Commit a sin twice and it will not seem a crime.

Jewish Saying

I demand a full investigation of this crime.

Jawad Al maliki

It was a senseless crime. He lost his life for nothing.

Carolyn Scott

This is a hate crime and should be investigated as a hate crime.

Candace Gingrich

They can investigate whatever they want. They have to have a way to connect them to the crime.

Michael Gottlieb

Now, they're treated like a crime scene.

Bob Mcgrath

A child is still a child, ... Because he commits a crime, that does not make him an adult overnight.

Thomas Masters

The accomplice to the crime of corruption is frequently our own indifference.

Bess Myerson

Whatever may or may not be happening now doesn't change the fact that he did not commit that crime in 1985. It's absolutely undisputed.

Keith Findley

Next to the love of God, the love of country is the best preventive of crime.

George Borrow

The weaker the State is, the less power it has to commit crime.

Jeffrey Tucker

Lititz has never had this much crime crammed into such a short space.

Coroner Gary Kirchner

You could argue they're out patrolling high-crime areas and making more arrests.

Bill Veteran

She's been through a lot. It's that fine line when a tragic accident becomes a crime.

Craig Kennedy

We need to determine whether to get into the crime business or get out.

George Phillips

Not an important part of whether this is a crime or not.

Valerie Plame

Due to the obvious self-defense issues, the clerk is not being charged with any crime.

Lt. Loyd Baker

We hope Americans view Wendy's as a company that did the right things when this crime was committed against us.

Tom Mueller

All the crime is gone and maybe it ain't coming back. It may be good for the city.

Patricia Johnson

The fact that people have a place to come for some compensation of crime is commendable of our state Legislature.

Cheryle M. Hall

The only candidate with a history of supporting the crime fighters in our city.

Harry Roberts

Punk Rock Is Not A Crime!

Deryck Whibley

These officers were doing their job, investigating a crime, and they acted appropriately at all times.

Anne Bremner

We will work tirelessly to bring those who perpetrated this crime to justice.

David Leavy

Has not been convicted of drug offenses or (a) crime of violence.

Michael Mcguire

I'd like to think instead that crime was down.

Gary Hutchison

The bottom line is when you're caught admitting a crime on tape, there are no explanations that can get you out of it.

Kelly Moore

The penalty is definitely one that fits the crime.

Mike O'connor

Incapable of committing such a horrible crime.

Robert Sherman

It's tragic Mr. Ash died, but it doesn't mean Tim committed a crime.

Marcus Topel

A crime is a crime and we are going to enforce the law.

William Hodgman

There was insufficient evidence that Mr. Simmons committed a crime.

Chris Liegel

The bad guy is the one doing the crime, not the company that has the information stolen.

Terrence Defranco

They deny committing the crime. The defense is they didn't do what's alleged by Mr. Perez.

Joel Isaacson

I am innocent of the crime as charged, and I will declare that until my dying breath.

Ira Einhorn

We have nothing at this point to show a crime has been committed.

Randy Belcher

He saw young children out in the cold. Their only crime was they wanted to see their father.

Bill Maer

It is a great crime to say that these groups should be dismantled.

Mahmoud Zahar

White Nationalism is worse than a crime, it's a mistake.

Charles M. De Talleyrand

The greatest crime since World War II has been U.S. foreign policy.

Ramsey Clark

I don't find the punishment fit the crime.

Darcy Tucker

Today, I announce my candidacy for Marion County prosecutor and I vow to attack rising crime.

Melina Kennedy

Aiding my kids should not be a crime.

Dagoberto Zavala

Plagiarism is the capital crime in academics. There's no reason to believe that Princeton is a bastion of ethics.

John Barrie

The Public Safety Committee of the California Assembly is soft on crime.

Assemblyman Dennis Mountjoy

As with any crime, we can't completely control whether we become a victim.

Betty Montgomery

He was wrong to do that. That doesn't mean he committed a crime.

John A. Macdonald

It's almost classic Watergate. It's not the crime. It's the cover-up.

Bob Grossfeld

They charge for proper disposal and (if) they don't do it they are profiting off a crime.

Lawrence Lau

You have to have consequences for your actions. I believe this is a very serious crime.

Jon Bruning

This is a business; this is organized crime. People are making money on it.

Patrick Hinojosa

Congress has never said aid in dying is a crime. The people of Oregon say it's a blessing.

Barbara Coombs Lee

Crime has been blessedly low.

James Hartman

To make crime unprofitable, let the government run it.

Irene Peter

I never believed this was a federal offense. Whatever he did, and let's assume he did what the jury said he did, this was not a federal crime.

Jim Neal

The secretary of state said he was being aggressive. He wasn't willing to characterize it as a crime. We fired him anyway because it was too much for us.

Tom Bader

Are clearly a crime.

Gray Davis

We've solved our crime problem in a brutally Darwinian way.

Lawrence Powell

We don't even know if we have a crime.

Ruth Sasser

He did an adult crime, and he should serve an adult time.

Tom Rollins

That was just an extra precaution because of the seriousness of his crime.

Marianne Matus

You don't want to make two victims from the same crime.

Rep. Dave Schultheis

Crime and the fear of crime have permeated the fabric of American life.

Warren E. Burger

Well the ten commandments is not the law of the land obviously if one covets they are not committing a crime under Indiana law.

Ken Falk

A trusting relationship of committing crime together.

Robin Baker

We can't say this person committed a crime, but we can say this person's DNA was found at the scene.

Lonnie Ginsberg

We want to see children before anyone commits a crime.

Karel Amaranth

The reason we have so much drug activity, violence and crime is because there are no jobs, ... There has got to be a change.

Charles Jackson

Education is a key to preventing crime.

James Orr

It's about time law enforcement got as organized as organized crime.

Rudolph W. Giuliani

Anytime that an arrest is not eminent after a crime is committed, it becomes more and more challenging for investigators.

Jim Shires

This is worse than a crime, it's a blunder.

Charles M. De Talleyrand

The presence of these children shows that we will not tolerate blasphemy and all those who committed the crime should be punished.

Ghafoor Ahmed

It was not Fletcher Anderson Morrell who committed that crime.

Michael Rubin

Make it a crime to harm a fetus during another crime.

Jerry Weller

I am very disappointed because the charges did not fit the crime. The deputy was trying to kill him.

Luis Carrillo

Korea has a long history of turning a blind eye to corporate crime.

Shawn Hayes

He is very likely a witness to the crime. There's a high probability that he saw something.

Trish Routte

We are looking into the matter but what is clear is that a crime was committed.

Badru Kiggundu

There is no level of crime that is so bad... that rights no longer exist.

Jumana Musa

Crime against our drivers is dramatically down. We couldn't be happier.

Bill Shranko

It won't bring her back, but we want the person responsible to be punished for this crime.

Kate Boone

They're trying to create this notion that it's a crime to be a consultant for clients who do business with Suffolk County. It's not a crime.

Christopher Cassar

The fact is that Democrats in this house are soft on crime.

Assemblyman Dennis Mountjoy

Hopefully. Like I said, not only are they causing some of the crime downtown, they are the victims too, so it helps all around.

Sgt. Stuart Helmer

The only crime, if any, that may have been committed in these circumstances is the perpetration of a dangerous act.

Michael Grant

It's the classic white-collar crime because it's the old adage: The best way to rob a bank is to work for it.

Peter Henning

I don't find the punishment fit the crime in Moe Mantha's case.

Darcy Tucker

There's a lot of fun with the idea of the attorney that's now turned to a life of crime.

Ronnie Lindeman

I want you to understand the circumstances why this crime happened.

David Baugh

The chances of catching something seven days after the crime is committed in the Northwest Atlantic - and it is a crime - are virtually nil.

Terry Harvey

Saying yes to a pirate DVD is also saying yes to crime on your streets.

Jonathan Ross

The least likely place a person would pull into to commit a crime.

William Stone

It was a crime against black Americans, and it was also a crime against humanity.

James Byrd

I finally figured out what my crime was. I lived. Big mistake.

Patty Hearst

Plus, he is convinced he did not commit this crime and he wants to stay around to prove that.

Alphonsus Ezeoke

What we're concerned about is accountability and justice being afforded to these victims of a crime.

Anita Sanchez

Heaven takes care that no man secures happiness by crime.

Vittorio Alfieri

The crime of loving is forgetting.

Maurice Chevalier

It fits all the elements of a hate crime.

Raymond Kelly

If you are living apart from a life of crime, your risk is negligible.

Michael Farrell

It's just another tool law enforcement attempts to use to fight crime.

Charles Kelly

David Hicks is an Australian citizen. If he has committed a war crime then there is no reason why the Australian government should not try him.

Stephen Kenny

He has no history of that kind of violent crime.

Robert Andrews

It's kind of funny, ... But it's still a crime.

Mark Baldwin

Some laws of state aimed at curbing crime are even more criminal.

Friedrich Engels

You have to focus on the person, not the crime.

David Schieck

If they don't do something soon in this city (the crime) will drive out every good homeowner family that's here.

Lisa Mcgahee

Failure is not a crime, ... The crime is not trying.

Ron Dellums

It is a terrifying crime that can never be allowed to happen again.

Ryutaro Hashimoto

The fire has been ruled accidental. No crime has occurred and no charges will be filed.

Tony Avello

The perpetrators of this heinous crime shall be brought to justice.

Alberto Romulo

Where do you stop it? When do you start taking DNA? For what crime? And for what non-crime? Um, they're children.

Bruce Poston

The 2005 FBI Computer Crime Survey should serve as a wake-up call to every company in America.

Frank Abagnale

We're the local police, and we're dealing with local crime.

Ann Jennings

Actually used in a crime in any meaningful way.

Tom Chambers

There has to be some evidence besides the confession that the criminal act was committed by someone -- that the crime was real and not imagined.

Stephanie Page

This is not a juvenile walking into a bank and robbing it. It's frequently kid-on-kid crime.

Patricia Brennan

It is more than a crime; it is a political fault.

Joseph Fouche

It's gonna bring a lot more crime. People are gonna follow you home.

Becky Lindemann

I believe in punishment. Someone commits a crime, they should be punished. But I also believe in justice.

Delnora Duprey

Lisa Madigan can do this, ... domestic violence is a crime in any court.

Catherine Campbell

There is nothing that constitutes a crime in this interview.

Orhan Pamuk

We're not shying from the idea, and it would be great to wipe out crime.

Debra Miller

Crime prevention is everybody's business.

Harry Hall

She [Mary Kay] believes it was a love story ? not a crime story.

Anne Bremner

They try to do their best. But with the drug dealers here, the crime won't stop.

Jerry Singletary

Crime does not pay ... as well as politics.

Alfred E. Newman

The death penalty is discriminatory and does not do anything about crime.

Bobby Scott

Once I've done a crime, I just forget it. I go from crime to crime.

Henry Lee

Their immigration status is not our concern, ... Our concern is the crime itself.

Dr. James Wilcox

It certainly comes as a shock to my client to be charged with a crime.

Paul Gianelli

This guy was involved in a crime spree all across this country.

Tony Clayton

I think all this is going to lead to a reduction in crime and more cooperation from citizens.

Mel Harris

For man's greatest crime is to have been born.

Pedro Calderon De La Barca

Crime is the price society pays for abandoning character.

James Q. Wilson

The amount of crime is not out of proportion to the people living there.

Tom Martin

If you ever saw her, you'd never presume - you'd never dream - she was somebody capable of the crime of which she stands accused.

Tom Dyer

We have one of the best crime and mystery movie and TV libraries. We have great content at a low cost to us.

David Zaslav

This is a longtime employee. The punishment should fit the crime.

Martin Druyan

The scene was treated as a potential crime scene by all the relevant authorities.

Adam Goldstein

Nobody's guilty. There wasn't a crime.

Julian Mack

Crime does make for some strange bedfellows. But in the end, it is our own detectives who wind up making the case.

Michael Palladino

More people means there is more of an opportunity for crime.

David Hopkins

Allegations of hate crime strike at the heart of our community and cannot be tolerated.

Greg White

It might have been a hate crime in this case.

Raphael Bergeron

Anything that is a crime, is investigated as a crime, at least at this university.

Michael Way

The first atrocity, the first war crime committed in any war of aggression by the aggressors is against the truth.

Michael Parenti

Maybe this horrendous crime is a beginning to a new conspiracy that we need to alert the international community.

Buthaina Shaaban

Whether you agree or disagree with my brother's politics, a crime such as this should never happen.

Ted Bailey

Although it was a very tragic situation, I believe no crime was committed by Tim Brooks.

Marcus Topel

These two men need to pay for their crime, and we simply want them brought to justice.

Dwight Mayhugh Jr