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

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

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

To live outside the law you must be honest.  

Punishment is a sort of medicine.

Man punishes the action, but God the intention.

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

There is no crime without precedent. 

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

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

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

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

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