Thieves Quotes

• In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Las Vegas, Stupidity, Fear And Loathing

  Hunter S. Thompson (2010). “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream”, p.73, Vintage

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• Many of us crucify ourselves between two thieves - regret for the past and fear of the future.

  Fulton Oursler

  Moving On, Regret, Fear

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• Thieves respect property. They merely wish the property to become their property that they may more perfectly respect it.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Funny, Respect, Humor

  The Man WhoWas Thursday ch. 4 (1908)

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• We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.

  Aesop

  Witty, Government, Political Will

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• There are only three ways by which any individual can get wealth — by work, by gift or by theft. And, clearly, the reason why the workers get so little is that the beggars and thieves get so much.

  Henry George

  Money, Work, Way

  "Social Problems".

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• Every time thief steals, he steals from his own peace, from his own honour! No man is as poor as a rich thief!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Peace, Men, Rich

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• I suddenly began to realize that everybody in America is a natural-born thief.

  Jack Kerouac

  America, Realizing, Natural

  Jack Kerouac (2007). “On the Road: The Original Scroll: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.168, Penguin

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• The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief.

  William Shakespeare

  Smile, Encouraging, Broken Heart

  'Othello' (1602-4) act 1, sc. 3, l. 208

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• Why grab possessions like thieves, or divide them like socialists when you can ignore them like wise men?

  Natalie Clifford Barney

  Inspirational, Wise, Men

  "My Country 'tis of Thee". Adam International Review, No. 299, 1962.

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• It is opportunity that makes the thief.

  Seneca the Younger

  Opportunity, Temptation

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• The number one rule of thieves is that nothing is too small to steal.

  Jimmy Breslin

  Numbers, Stealing

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• Show me a liar, and I'll show you a thief.

  George Herbert

  Inspirational, Liars, Show Me

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• We're living in a den of thieves

  Regina Spektor

  Dens

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• The thief you must fear the most is not the one who steals mere things.

  Ann-Marie MacDonald

  Stealing, Mere

  Ann-Marie Macdonald (2010). “Fall on Your Knees”, p.358, Vintage Canada

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• A thief, though rich, will continue to steal, but an honest man, though poor, will ever seek to pay his debts.

  John Andreas Widtsoe

  Men, Debt, Pay

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• In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Stupid, Philosophical, Las Vegas

  Hunter S. Thompson (2010). “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream”, p.73, Vintage

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• If we steal a man's purse we are thieves. If we steal twelve hundred islands we are patriots. If you steal a man's money you will be sent to the penitentiary. If you steal his liberty you will be sent to the White House.

  William Jennings Bryan

  Men, Islands, White

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• Three groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, politicians. All three need supervision.

  Dick Armey

  Trust, Children, Government

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• Choose your leaders with wisdom and forethought. To be led by a coward is to be controlled by all that the coward fears. To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool. To be led by a thief is to offer up your most precious treasures to be stolen. To be led by a liar is to ask to be told lies. To be led by a tyrant is to sell yourself and those you love into slavery.

  Octavia Butler

  Liars, Lying, Tyrants

  Octavia E. Butler (2012). “Parable of the Talents”, p.226, Open Road Media

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• I once heard a wise man say there are no perfect men. Only perfect intentions.

  Morgan Freeman

  Wise, Men, Perfect

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• The great thieves lead away the little thief.

  Diogenes

  Littles, Crime

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• Never was a government that was not composed of liars, malefactors and thieves.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Liars, Government, Political

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• If you can manipulate news, a judge can manipulate the law. A smart lawyer can keep a killer out of jail, a smart accountant can keep a thief from paying taxes, a smart reporter could ruin your reputation - unfairly.

  Mario Cuomo

  Smart, Law, Jail

  NBC TV, August 12, 1986.

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• Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience. Our problem is that people all over the world have obeyed the dictates of leaders…and millions have been killed because of this obedience…Our problem is that people are obedient allover the world in the face of poverty and starvation and stupidity, and war, and cruelty. Our problem is that people are obedient while the jails are full of petty thieves… (and) the grand thieves are running the country. That’s our problem.

  Howard Zinn

  Inspirational, Death, Running

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• No thieves, no traitors, no interventionists! This time the revolution is for real!

  Fidel Castro

  Fake People, Real, Revolution

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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