To live outside the law you must be honest.
—Bob Dylan, 1966Quotes
Man punishes the action, but God the intention.
—Thomas Fuller, 1732I’ve got some shit I’m conservative about and some shit I’m liberal about. Crime—I’m conservative. Prostitution—I’m liberal.
—Chris Rock, 2008What man was ever content with one crime?
—Juvenal, c. 125After all, crime is only a left-handed form of human endeavor.
—John Huston, 1950The criminal is the creative artist; the detective only the critic.
—G.K. Chesterton, 1911Our crime against criminals is that we treat them as villains.
—Friedrich Nietzsche, 1898The more religious a country is, the more crimes are committed in it.
—Napoleon Bonaparte, 1817Two crimes undid me: a poem and a mistake.
—Ovid, 10I'm all for bringing back the birch, but only between consenting adults.
—Gore Vidal, 1973The land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.
—The BibleThere is no crime without precedent.
—Seneca the Younger, c. 60Punishment is a sort of medicine.
—Aristotle, c. 340 BC