Criminals Quotes - Page 16

• The perfection of a thing consists in its essence; there are perfect criminals, as there are men of perfect probity.

  Mazo de la Roche

  Men, Essence, Perfect

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• A cement mixer collided with a prison van on the Kingston Pass. Motorists are asked to be on the lookout for 16 hardened criminals.

  Ronnie Corbett

  Prison, Funny Jokes, Crash

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• Of the three official objects of our prison system: vengeance, deterrence, and reformation of the criminal, only one is achieved; and that is the one which is nakedly abominable.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Three, Vengeance, Prison

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• Never will they label our liberation struggle as criminal

  Bobby Sands

  Struggle, Labels, Republican

  Bobby Sands (1998). “Bobby Sands: Writings from Prison”, Mercier PressLtd

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• The libertarian sees the State as a giant gang of organized criminals, who live off the theft called "taxation" and use the proceeds to kill, enslave, and generally push people around. Therefore, any property in the hands of the State is in the hands of thieves, and should be liberated as quickly as possible. Any person or group who liberates such property, who confiscates or appropriates it from the State, is performing a virtuous act and a signal service to the cause of liberty.

  Murray Rothbard

  Hands, People, Liberty

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• All we had ever heard about record company people is that they were vampires and criminals...and they killed Elvis Presley.

  Bjork

  People, Vampire, Records

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• Our criminal justice system has swallowed up too many people I love. I am proud to join the ACLU in the fight to make mass incarceration a thing of the past.

  Michael K. Williams

  Fighting, Past, People

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• His intelligence only exacerbated the guilt Kugel felt for bringing him into the world. It was one thing to have condemned a child to life, that was criminal enough, but life was a sentence more easily served by fools.

  Shalom Auslander

  Children, Guilt, World

  Shalom Auslander (2012). “Hope: A Tragedy: A Novel”, p.201, Penguin

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• Jay Carney, whose unenviable job is not to explain but to explain away what his employers say, calls the IRS’s behavior “inappropriate. ” No, using the salad fork for the entree is inappropriate. Using the Internal Revenue Service for political purposes is a criminal offense.

  George Will

  Jobs, Political, Purpose

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• You have to steal a lot. You have to have a criminal mentality to be a film director.

  Clint Eastwood

  Directors, Film, Stealing

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• The civil forfeiture law - if something so devoid of due process can be dignified as law - is an incentive for perverse behavior: Predatory government agencies get to pocket the proceeds from property they seize from Americans without even charging them with, let alone convicting them of, crimes. Criminals are treated better than this because they lose the fruits of their criminality only after being convicted.

  George Will

  Agency, Government, Law

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• The first step in understanding the sex industry is to understand the customers, the johns. ... These men have already violated moral standards - and they know it. Talking about right and wrong aren't compelling arguments for them. They are criminals who have chosen to break the law and hurt people, many of them young people.

  Joseph Parker

  Hurt, Sex, Men

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• They attack the victim, and then the criminal who attacked the victim accuses the victim of attacking him. This is American justice. This is American democracy and those of you who are familiar with it know that in America democracy is hypocrisy. Now, if I’m wrong, put me in jail; but if you can’t prove that democracy is not hypocrisy, then don’t put your hands on me.

  Malcolm X

  Hands, America, Jail

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• If it is a Miracle, any sort of evidence will answer, but if it is a Fact, proof is necessary

  Mark Twain

  Miracle, Answers, Criminal Mind

  Mark Twain (1962). “Letters from the earth”, Buccaneer Books

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• On general principles, it is best that I should not leave the country. Scotland Yard feels lonely without me, and it causes an unhealthy excitement among the criminal classes.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Country, Lonely, Travel

  "The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax" (1911)

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• Don't try to be fancy. Shoot for the center of mass. The world is full of decent people. Criminals we can do without.

  Jeff Cooper

  People, Trying, World

  Jeff Cooper (2006). “Principles of Personal Defense: Revised Edition”, p.44, Paladin Press

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• The criminal does not expect his prey to fight back. May he never choose you, but, if he does, surprise him.

  Jeff Cooper

  Fighting, Doe, May

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• It is high time for society to stop worrying about the criminal, and to let the criminal start worrying about society. And by "society" I mean you.

  Jeff Cooper

  Mean, Worry, Self Defense

  Jeff Cooper (2006). “Principles of Personal Defense: Revised Edition”, p.51, Paladin Press

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• The moment you function in the world without being concerned about what is happening to life around you, you are a Criminal.

  Jaggi Vasudev

  Love, Life, Meditation

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• Society does not go down because of the activities of criminals,
  But because of the inactivities of the good people.

  Swami Vivekananda

  People, Doe, Inactivity

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• No man can delegate,... any right of arbitrary dominion over a 3rd person; for that would imply a right in the 1st person, not only to make the 3rd person his slave, but also a right to dispose of him as a slave to still other persons. Any contract to do this is necessarily a criminal one...To call such a contract a “constitution” does not at all lessen its criminality, or add to its validity.

  Lysander Spooner

  Men, Doe, Add

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• It is better to let 100 criminals go free than to imprison 1 innocent man.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Men, Innocent Man, Innocent

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• Why is non-commercial public expression considered criminal?

  Shepard Fairey

  Expression

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• Female genital mutilation targets little girls, baby girls - fragile angels who are helpless, who cannot fight back. It's a crime against a child, a crime against humanity. It's abuse. It's absolutely criminal and we have to stop it.

  Waris Dirie

  Girl, Baby, Children

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• More terrorists are given training and sanctuary in the United States than anywhere on earth. They include mass murderers, torturers, former and future tyrants and assorted international criminals. This is virtually unknown to the American public, thanks to the freest media on earth.

  John Pilger

  Media, Tyrants, Training

  "The great charade". www.theguardian.com. July 14, 2002.

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