“I was a crown attorney in my home town in Nova Scotia, and I learned that victims of crime needed better laws to better protect them. I saw politics as a means to improve this protection for them.” MeanHomeLawSawsCrimeNeededProtectTownsVictimProtectionCrownsAttorneyHome TownNova ScotiaNovas Author:Peter MacKay
“From a town known as Wheeling, West Virginia Rode a boy with a six-gun in his hand And his daring life of crime made him a legend in his time East and west of the Rio Grande. Well, he started with a bank in Colorado In the pocket of his vest a Colt he hid. And his age and his size took the teller by surprise, And the word spread of Billy the Kid.” WellsMadeHandsKidsAgeKnownBoysCrimeSixGunTownsSurpriseWestSizeSpreadEastPocketsLegendsDaringVirginiaColoradoVestsEast And WestRioWest VirginiaColtsWheeling Author:Billy Joel
“The children of the white families in town were not permitted to associate with me, because my father was committing the then unpardonable crime, in Southern eyes, of educating negroes.” ChildrenEyeFatherWhiteCrimeTownsSouthernAssociates Author:Lee De Forest
“The street in the center of town was Butts road. I stole the sign and told the audience, this must be where the assholes live. I also had a Neighborhood Crime Watch - it takes about 20 seconds to break into a house but it took me an hour to unbolt this sign.” HouseHoursWatchesBreakAudienceStreetsCrimeTownsNeighborhoodSeconds Author:Carrot Top
“If you shell a military base and happen to kill civilians, you have not committed a war crime; if you deliberately target cities and towns, you have.” IfsWarHappensCitiesMilitaryCrimeTownsCommittedTargetShellsCiviliansWar CrimesCities And Towns Book:Fire Source: Fire
“Perhaps I can also add something about the rural setting of Remember You're a One-Ball! The countryside is a place - in mythological and perhaps in very real terms - of mixed innocence and sin. It is seen by townsfolk as idyllic, lazy, free of urban crime and social problems. But those who grow up in the country can tell stories that often surprise those who grow up in the towns.” I CanRealCountryStoriesProblemRememberSocialGrowsTermSinGrowing UpCrimeBallsTownsAddSurpriseSettingSettingsInnocenceLazyUrbanCountrysideRemember YouRemembers YouSocial ProblemsIdyllic Author:Quentin S. Crisp
“In the case of The Thin Blue Line, I was surprised actually by many things. I was shooting down in Texas where the actual killer David Harris lived and I interviewed the town cop. He described these guys as being David Harris' partners in crime and even though they had criminal records and had committed crimes, they sued me! More often than not, the insurance company that protects you against this type of lawsuit will settle it with cash and contest it in a court of law.” LawGuyLinesCompanyCasesRecordsCrimeTypeProtectTownsBlueCourtCommittedCriminalsPartnersShootingSettlingTexasCashKillersCopContestsYou AgainProtect YouLawsuitInsurance CompaniesPartners In Crime Author:Errol Morris
“There's a major underlying idea as you grow up that you need to just save your money and get that affordable housing at the edge of town where you're away from the city where all the crime happens or whatever.” NeedsIdeasHappensGrowsCitiesGrowing UpCrimeMajorsTownsEdgesHousingAffordableAffordable Housing Author:Conor Oberst
“I wear the black for the poor and the beaten down, Livin' in the hopeless, hungry side of town, I wear it for the prisoner who has long paid for his crime, But is there because he's a victim of the times. I wear the black for those who never read” LongPoliticsSidesBlackPoorCrimePaidTownsVictimHungryHopelessPrisonerBeaten Author:Johnny Cash