#criminals

...some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn. ↗

— Michael Caine

#evil #insanity #the-dark-knight #men

There are no crimes and no criminals in these days. What is the use of having brains in our profession? I know well that I have it in me to make my name famous. No man lives or has ever lived who has brought the same amount of study and of natural talent to the detection of crime which I have done. And what is the result? There is no crime to detect, or, at most, some bungling villainy with a motive so transparent that even a Scotland Yard official can see through it. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

#crime-solving #criminals #detectives #sherlock-holmes #superiority

Just because you don’t have an arrest record doesn’t mean you’re not a criminal. As proof, note some of the cleanest rap sheets in America belong to politicians. 
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— Jarod Kintz

#arrested #criminals #politics #politicians

Drug prohibition has caused gang warfare and other violent crimes by raising the prices of drugs so much that vicious criminals enter the market to make astronomical profits, and addicts rob and steal to get money to pay the inflated prices for their drugs. ↗

— Michael Badnarik

#caused #crimes #criminals #enter #gang

The first lines of defence against criminals are the victims themselves. ↗

— Michael Badnarik

#criminals #defence #first #lines #themselves

It means working harder to do the research but I don't really mind - I don't think I have what it takes to chase criminals through back alleys and wade through blood at crime scenes. ↗

— Jeffery Deaver

#blood #chase #crime #criminals #harder

The accumulation of personal wealth and the extension of commercial transactions have developed a great and lamentable increase in certain classes of crimes, while the improvements in transport have largely facilitated the escape of fugitive criminals. ↗

— Edward Blake

#classes #commercial #crimes #criminals #developed

If we're going to spend a lot of money to deal with the problem of 200 million guns in the country owned by 65 million gun owners, we ought to have a system which will work and catch criminals. ↗

— John Dingell

#country #criminals #deal #going #gun

Christ's crucifix shall be made an excuse for executing criminals. ↗

— William Blake

#criminals #excuse #executing #made #shall

I don't know anybody in the underworld. I make this stuff up. I don't know any criminals. ↗

— James Ellroy

#anybody #criminals #i #know #make