Home / Topics / Philosophical Quotes

Philosophical Quotes

Browse 2604 quotes about Philosophical.

Philosophical Quotes

“Poverty is the mother of crime.”

Mother Politics Poverty Crime Philosophical

Author:Marcus Aurelius

“In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity.”

World Sin Interesting Crime Stupid Philosophical Finals Caught Stupidity Guilty Thought Provoking Thieves Hunters Las Vegas Loathing Gonzo Fear And Loathing

Book:Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream

Source: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream

“He has committed the crime who profits by it.”

Poverty Crime Philosophical Profit Committed

Author:Seneca the Younger

“Rather leave the crime of the guilty unpunished than condemn the innocent.”

Crime Philosophical Innocent Guilty Innocence

Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero

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

Doe Crime Encouragement Philosophical Criminality

Author:Seneca the Younger

“Success consecrates the most offensive crimes.”

Success Crime Philosophical Offensive

Author:Seneca the Younger

“Some laws of state aimed at curbing crime are even more criminal.”

States Law Crime Philosophical Criminals

Author:Friedrich Engels

“Crime when it succeeds is called virtue.”

Virtue Crime Succeed Philosophical Criminality Crime And Criminals

Author:Seneca the Younger

“One crime has to be concealed by another.”

Crime Philosophical Prison Concealed

Author:Seneca the Younger

“The Second Amendment's language and historical and philosophical background demonstrated that it was designed to guarantee individuals the possession of certain kinds of arms for three purposes: (1) crime prevention or what we would today describe as self-defense; (2) national defense; and (3) preservation of individual liberty.”

“As a form of moral insurance, at least, literature is much more dependable than a system of beliefs or a philosophical doctrine. Since there are no laws that can protect us from ourselves, no criminal code is capable of preventing a true crime against literature; though we can condemn the material suppression of literature - the persecution of writers, acts of censorship, the burning of books - we are powerless when it comes to its worst violation: that of not reading the books. For that crime, a person pays with his whole life; if the offender is a nation, it pays with its history.”

“Stripped of ethical rationalizations and philosophical pretensions, a crime is anything that a group in power chooses to prohibit.”

Humor Government Funny Power Groups Crime Philosophical Ethical Pretension Crime And Criminals Criminals Crime

Author:Freda Adler

“Examples one finds in the philosophical literature are somebody who's seen the trial of a child of theirs, where they're being proved guilty of some crime that would drive the parent into a depression, maybe a suicidal depression.”

Children Literature Parent Crime Example Philosophical Suicide Trials Guilty Suicidal

Author:Robert Nozick