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

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

The criminal is the creative artist; the detective only the critic.

What man was ever content with one crime?

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

To live outside the law you must be honest.  

Man punishes the action, but God the intention.

After all, crime is only a left-handed form of human endeavor.

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

There is no crime without precedent. 

Punishment is a sort of medicine.

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

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