Historical Crime Quotes

Could this country stand by and watch the [most] direct crime that ever stained the face of history, and thus become participators in the sin.

There was more violent crime among poor Irish immigrants in New York City 100 years ago than there is among blacks and Puerto Ricans today.

I never put my arms around John Gotti, Al Capone or Lucky Luciano.

The Holocaust of Nazi Germany is certainly no less of a historic crime than the Holocaust that went on for centuries against African-Americans. That process of reparations, and a truth and reconciliation discussion, was extremely helpful in the country of Germany, and we need to have that here.

I love thinking about American history, thinking about LA history. I love brooding on crime.

A sentence of death and infamy was often founded on the slight and suspicious evidence of a child or a servant: the guilt [of the defendant] was presumed by the judges [due to the nature of the charge], and paederasty became the crime of those to whom no crime could be imputed.

THIS dust was once the Man, / Gentle, plain, just and resolute—under whose cautious hand, / Against the foulest crime in history known in any land or age, / Was saved the Union of These States.

In my opinion, the Warren Commission's investigation has to be considered the most comprehensive investigation of a crime in history.

People were looting tombs 5,000 years ago in Egypt as soon as people were buried, but the problem is only getting worse and worse.

In terms of pure volume, I probably read more psychological mystery and historical true crime than anything else.

If mankind had always been logical and wise, history would not be a long chronicle of folly and crime.

The Thames Torso murders almost fell into my lap. After deciding to use a real historical crime as the focus for the book, I went to Google and searched for unsolved murders in Victorian London, and they basically popped out at me about halfway down the first results page.

Pope Paul III was the greatest thief in the history of the church.

One of the greatest migrations in history was one of the greatest crimes in history.