“Failure seems to be regarded as the one unpardonable crime, success as the all-redeeming virtue, the acquisition of wealth as the single worthy aim of life. Ten years ago such revelations as these of the Erie Railway would have sent a shudder through the community, and would have placed a stigma on every man who had had to do them. Now they merely incite others to surpass by yet bolder outrages and more corrupt combinations.” MenYearsSeemsCommunityWealthVirtueCrimeTenYears AgoAimWorthyEvery ManCombinationRevelationsOutrageAcquisitionStigmaRailwayRedeemingAim Of Life Author:Charles Francis Adams, Sr.
“Some years ago, when the images which this world affords first opened upon me, when I felt the cheering warmth of summer and heard the rustling of the leaves and the warbling of the birds, and these were all to me, I should have wept to die; now it is my only consolation. Polluted by crimes and torn by the bitterest remorse, where can I find rest but in death?” WorldShouldYearsFirstsDiesFeltHeardCrimeThis WorldSummerBirdYears AgoShould HaveWarmthCheerTornConsolationRemorse Author:Mary Wollstonecraft
“Liberty, next to religion has been the motive of good deeds and the common pretext of crime, from the sowing of the seed at Athens, 2,460 years ago, until the ripened harvest was gathered by men of our race. It is the delicate fruit of a mature civilization; and scarcely a century has passed since nations, that knew the meaning of the term, resolved to be free. In every age its progress has been beset by its natural enemies, by ignorance and superstition, by lust of conquest and by love of ease, by the strong man's craving for power, and the poor man's craving for food.” MenYearsHas BeensAgeNextStrongNationsTermNaturalPoorCommonRaceLibertyEnemyProgressCenturyCrimeIgnoranceCivilizationYears AgoFruitDeedsSeedsLustEaseMotiveMatureDelicateSuperstitionsHarvestConquestGood DeedsCravingPoor ManPretextStrong ManAthensSowingNatural Enemies Author:Lord Acton
“I haven't committed all the crimes in my movies, I would have gotten the death penalty many years ago if I had.” IfsYearsCrimeHavensYears AgoCommittedPenaltiesDeath Penalty Author:John Waters
“Hard to imagine 40 years ago people could be convicted of a crime, fined, sent to prison for using the most common forms of birth control.” PeopleYearsHardFormCommonImagineCrimeBirthYears AgoPrisonBirth Control Author:Dick Durbin
“Rachael Leigh Cook was my leading lady. She was awesome. We loved the show [Perception ]. Again, it was more of a TNT show, because there were crimes that got solved, which [going] back five years ago, was a mandate. But there was something innovative about the mental illness side of it.” YearsShowsSidesFiveCrimePerceptionYears AgoIllnessMental IllnessCooksFive YearsInnovativeMandatesLeading Ladies Author:Eric McCormack
“I read 'Crime and Punishment' years ago and don't recall the details of it, but I do retain a strong sense of the creeping paranoia and panic.” YearsStrongCrimeYears AgoDetailsPunishmentPanicRecallsParanoiaCrime And Punishment Author:Arthur Smith
“About 25 years ago, I started out as a reporter covering politics. And that sort of just evolved into organized crime, because organized crime and politics were the same thing in Boston.” YearsCrimeYears AgoOrganizedReportersBostonCoveringOrganized Crime Author:Howie Carr