Crime And Criminals

Never think that war,

Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime. Ernest Hemingway

Crime is naught but

Crime is naught but misdirected energy. Emma Goldman

The most absurd apology for authority and law is that they serve to diminish crime. Aside from the fact that the State is itself the greatest criminal, breaking every written and natural law, stealing in the form of taxes, killing in the form of war and capital punishment, it has come to an absolute standstill … Read more

Many a man is

Many a man is saved from being a thief by finding everything locked up. E. W. Howe

Stripped of ethical rationalizations

Stripped of ethical rationalizations and philosophical pretensions, a crime is anything that a group in power chooses to prohibit. Freda Adler

So long, and thanks

So long, and thanks for all the fish. Douglas Adams

The world of crime

The world of crime is a last refuge of the authentic, uncorrupted, spontaneous event. Daniel J. Boorstin

The mood and temper

The mood and temper of the public in regard to the treatment of crime and criminals is one of the most unfailing tests of the civilisation of any country. Baron de Montesquieu

Crime seems to change

Crime seems to change character when it crosses a bridge or a tunnel. In the city, crime is taken as emblematic of class and race. In the suburbs though, it’s intimate and psychological, a mystery resist to generalization, a mystery of the individual soul. Barbara Ehrenreich

Every rascal is not

Every rascal is not a thief, but every thief is a rascal. Aristotle