In 1776, the Americans laid before Europe that noble Declaration, which ought to be hung up in the nursery of every king, and blazoned on the porch of every royal palace

Quote by Henry Thomas Buckle

Topics: Nations Quotes, Politics Quotes

Society prepares the crime, the criminal commits it

Society prepares the crime, the criminal commits it

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

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

To violate the law is the same crime in the emperor as in the subject

To violate the law is the same crime in the emperor as in the subject

It is to their crimes that most great men are indebted for their gardens, their...

It is to their crimes that most great men are indebted for their gardens, their...

If you share your friend's crime, you make it your own

If you share your friend's crime, you make it your own

I wanted to kill the sexiest person alive...but suicides a crime.

I wanted to kill the sexiest person alive...but suicides a crime.

I never killed anybody, I never raped anybody, I never committed no crimes that weren't...

I never killed anybody, I never raped anybody, I never committed no crimes that weren't...

He who profits by a crime commits it

He who profits by a crime commits it

Crimes are not to be measured by the issue of events, but by the bad...

Crimes are not to be measured by the issue of events, but by the bad...

We are easily shocked by crimes which appear at once in their full magnitude, but...

We are easily shocked by crimes which appear at once in their full magnitude, but...

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

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

Toward no crimes have men shown themselves so cold- bloodedly cruel as in punishing differences...

Toward no crimes have men shown themselves so cold- bloodedly cruel as in punishing differences...

Not failure, but low aim, is crime.

Not failure, but low aim, is crime.

This (Tokyo nerve gas attack) was done not by people with a political ideal but...

This (Tokyo nerve gas attack) was done not by people with a political ideal but...

There's a simple way to solve the crime problem: obey the law; punish those who...

There's a simple way to solve the crime problem: obey the law; punish those who...

Obviously crime pays, or there'd be no crime.

Obviously crime pays, or there'd be no crime.

They are playing politics with this issue, and sending mixed signals to our troops and...

They are playing politics with this issue, and sending mixed signals to our troops and...

Punishment is not for revenge, but to lessen crime and reform the criminal.

Punishment is not for revenge, but to lessen crime and reform the criminal.

The greatest crimes do not arise from a want of feeling for others but from...

The greatest crimes do not arise from a want of feeling for others but from...