Crime Quotes

Providence sees to it that no man gets happiness out of crime.

Talking of the Justitia hulk at Woolwich, in which criminals were punished, by being confined to labour, (Johnson) said “I do not see that they are punished by this; they must have worked equally had they never been guilty of stealing. They now only work; so, after all, they have gained; what they stole is […]

I think crime pays. The hours are good, you travel a lot.

Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a law breaker, it breeds contempt for the law.

It is no secret that organized crime in America takes in over forty billion dollars a year. This is quite a profitable sum, especially when one considers that the Mafia spends very little for office supplies.

In America, the crime clock continues to click: one murder every 22 minutes, one rape every 5 minutes, one robbery every 49 seconds, and one burglary every 10 seconds. And the cost of crime continues to mount: $78 billion for the criminal justice system, $64 billion for private protection, $202 billion in loss of life […]

In addition to the financial cost is the psychological cost of devastated lives and a loss of security. In recent months, even apathetic Americans have been shaken from their false sense of security as they have seen criminals invade nearly every sanctuary where they felt they were safe: their cars; their public transit; and even […]

If you do big things they print your face, and if you do little things they print only your thumbs.

Behind every great fortune there is a crime.

Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country.