I have enjoyed presenting Crimewatch but I felt that it was time for me to leave the show [on leaving before he was kicked out by the BBC]
Nick RossWar should be made a crime, and those who instigate it should be punished as criminals.
Charles E HughesA shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.
TacitusSome laws of state aimed at curbing crime are even more criminal
Friedrich EngelsIf moderation is a fault, then indifference is a crime.
Jack KerouacI hope that my experiences in my life have actually helped me understand that I do want crime tackled [on smoking cannabis]
Jacqui SmithDespite crime's omnipresence, things work in society, because biology compels it. Order eventually restores itself, by psychic equilibrium.
Camille Paglia Such crimes has superstition caused.
LucretiusRevenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged.
Samuel JohnsonThe world of crime is a last refuge of the authentic, uncorrupted, spontaneous event.
Daniel Boorstin'Punk Rock Is Not A Crime!'
Deryck WhibleyWhen women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not love us, they give us credit for nothing, not even our virtues.
Honore De BalzacThe Child Custody Protection Act makes it a federal crime to transport a minor across state lines for the purpose of obtaining an abortion.
Ken CalvertGrowing old is like being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven't committed.
Pierre Teilhard De ChardinA first impulse was never a crime.
Pierre CorneilleOutside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country.
Marion BarrySlums may well be breeding grounds of crime, but middle class suburbs are incubators of apathy and delirium.
Cyril ConnollyBase stealing, like crime in general, is increasing and is also getting more difficult to curb.
Leonard DavidsEvery crime destroys more Edens than our own
Nathaniel HawthorneIf moderation is a fault then indifference is a crime
Georg LichtenbergIf we are tough on crime and on terrorism, as Labour is, then I think Britain will be safer under Labour
Peter HainRape is the only crime in which the victim becomes the accused.
Freda AdlerThe cure for crime is not the electric chair, but the high chair. [Education over punishment debate]
J Edgar HooverThe worst crime is faking it.
Kurt CobainSmall habits, well pursued betimes,
May reach the dignity of crimes (Florio)
Hannah MoreO liberty! O liberty! What crimes are committed in thy name!
Mme RolandI am not sorry for my crime.
Leon CzolgoszI should be very willing to redress men wrongs, and rather check than punish crimes, had not Cervantes, in that all too true tale of Quixote, shown how all such efforts fail.
Lord ByronCapital punishment is as fundamentally wrong as a cure for crime as charity is wrong as a cure for poverty.
Henry FordThe response to these inhumane crimes wherever they take place - be it London, New York, Moscow or other countries - should be absolute condemnation.
All civilised countries should unite in the fight against international terrorism.
[on the London terrorist attack, 7th July 2005]
Vladimir PutinThe greatest crime since World War II has been United States foreign policy.
Ramsey ClarkPoverty is the mother of crime.
Marcus AureliusI'm sure if the punishment fits the crime, or is more severe, you're going to start stamping out a lot of things that are going on in football.
Alan CurbishleyThe head never rules the heart, but just becomes its partner in crime.
Mignon McLaughlinAmerican culture is torn between our long romance with violence and our terror of the devastation wrought by war and crime and environmental havoc.
Katherine DunnIn a civilized society, all crimes are likely to be sins, but most sins are not and ought not to be treated as crimes. Man's ultimate responsibility is to God alone.
Geoffrey FisherIn a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity.
Hunter S ThompsonThis the first time I ever heard it said that the crime is not the burglary, but the discovery of the burglar.
Adlai StevensonThe mayors fund for London will be a streamlined vehicle for getting money from the wealth creating sector to communities across London that are facing hardship and deprivation and are the victims of crime.
Boris JohnsonWhoever commits a crime strengthens his enemy.
Daniel O'ConnellAs a rule, said Holmes, the more bizarre a thing is the less mysterious it proves to be. It is your commonplace, featureless crimes which are really puzzling, just as a commonplace face is the most difficult to identify.
Sir Arthur Conan DoyleWhen you are younger you get blamed for crimes you never committed and when you're older you begin to get credit for virtues you never possessed. It evens itself out.
Casey StengelCrimes, like virtues, are their own rewards
George FarquharThe only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.
Ayn RandCrime is naught but misdirected energy.
Emma GoldmanEvery place in the country you should get a license that shows you know how to safely store it, keep it away from your children or grandchildren. You should have to license it so the police can trace it if it's used in a crime. [On keeping guns]
Michael D BarnesEvery crime will bring remorse to the man who committed it
JuvenalStatisticians estimate that crime among good golfers is lower than in any class of the community except possibly bishops.
P G WodehouseMy loathings are simple: stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, soft music.
Vladimir NabokovGun crime is a major cause of fear and distress throughout the UK. The problem is deeply entrenched in a wide range of social and cultural factors and therefore not an isolated issue.
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