Crime Tolerance Quotes

Most crimes are sanctioned in some form or other when they take grand names.

Honestly, I don't understand why people get so worked up about a little murder!

What I feel is that if one has got to have a murder actually happening in one's house, one might as well enjoy it, if you know what I mean.

As soon as men know that they can kill without fear of punishment or blame, they kill; or at least they encourage killers with approving smiles.

Criminality is now legal. I guess criminal racketeering these days would be like burning little children at the stake or something. That's about what it takes to get anyone to care.

Criminals thrive on the indulgence of society’s understanding.

If you turn a blind eye to fare evasion, if you accustom people to getting away with minor crime, you are making it more likely that they will go on to commit more serious crimes. That is why we have so much disorder in London. It is a disgrace.

Little crimes breed big crimes. You smile at little crimes and then big crimes blow your head off.

Obviously murder and graffiti are two vastly different crimes. But they are part of the same continuum, and a climate that tolerates one is more likely to tolerate the other.

Tolerating organized crime promotes the cheap philosophy that everything is a racket. It promotes cynicism among adults. It contributes to the confusion of the young and to the increase of juvenile delinquency.

Give me a man who steals a little and I can make money

It seems to us that the rowdy class of New York has always been dealt with too tenderly. Their promiscuous stabbing affrays have come to be regarded too much in the light of a venial offense, attributable simply to a little harmless exuberance of the spirits, or, it might be, an extra glass of liquor.

This is an fascist society. We have to change its authoritarian structure …. And in the process we have to let a lot of people get away with crimes.

Criminals know that if they stay under certain thresholds, nobody is going to come after them.

In Chicago, we love our crooks!