#crime

The only medicine for suffering, crime, and all other woes of mankind, is wisdom. Teach a man to read and write, and you have put into his hands the great keys of the wisdom box. But it is quite another thing to open the box. ↗

— Thomas Huxley

#box #crime #great #hands #his

When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

#freedom #oppression #freedom

I came from a real tough neighborhood. Once a guy pulled a knife on me. I knew he wasn't a professional, the knife had butter on it. ↗

— Rodney Dangerfield

#funny #humour #neighborhoods #funny

In a free world there is, alas, more common crime than in a dictatorial system. ↗

— Barbara Amiel

#common #crime #dictatorial #free #free world

All attempts at law, all religion, all ethical norms might be nothing more than attempts by the weak to restrain the strong. Then, within the law, arise the new strong, who subvert the law for their own ends of power and family interest, leaving the old strong outside their circle to pursue the waiting possibilities which they call crime. The weak, the cowardly, the decent ones, live between these groups. ↗

— George Zebrowski

#morals #punishment #family

I make movies for teenage boys. Oh dear, what a crime. ↗

— Michael Bay

#dear #i #make #movies #oh

Properly speaking, history is nothing but the crimes and misfortunes of the human race. ↗

— Pierre Bayle

#history #human #human race #misfortunes #nothing

Destiny: A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#crime #destiny #excuse #failure #fool

The infectiousness of crime is like that of the plague. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

#like #plague

The simple fact is that the drug cartels are coming in through Arizona. Arizona is the gateway for all the narcotics and the crime that is connected with it. ↗

— Jan Brewer

#coming #connected #crime #fact #gateway