Two crimes undid me: a poem and a mistake. 

I’ve got some shit I’m conservative about and some shit I’m liberal about. Crime—I’m conservative. Prostitution—I’m liberal.

To live outside the law you must be honest.  

The land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.

No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes.

There is no crime without precedent. 

Punishment is a sort of medicine.

Man punishes the action, but God the intention.

The more religious a country is, the more crimes are committed in it.

A crowded police court docket is the surest sign that trade is brisk and money plenty.

In its function, the power to punish is not essentially different from that of curing or educating.

I'm all for bringing back the birch, but only between consenting adults.

Our crime against criminals is that we treat them as villains.