Society prepares the crime, the criminal commits it

The punishment of criminals should be of use when a man is hanged he is good for nothing

He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it

Growing old is like being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven't committed

Where are they now that we, the men whom they sent off to war, have returned? These are commanders who have deserted their troops, and there is no more serious crime in the law of war. The Army says they never leave their wounded. The Marines say they never leave even their dead. These men have left all the casualties and retreated behind a pious shield of public rectitude. They have left the real stuff of their reputation bleaching behind them in the sun in this country

The events of September 11 were carried out by people armed not with weapons of mass destruction, but with blades you can buy at a newsagent

Crime and the fear of crime have permeated the fabric of American life

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

I hate this 'crime doesn't pay' stuff. Crime in the United States is perhaps one of the biggest businesses in the world today

I am mortified to be told that, in the United States of America, the sale of a book can become a subject of inquiry, and of criminal inquiry too