Thieves Quotes

You are a den of vipers and thieves ... by the eternal God, I will rout you out.

You are a den of vipers and thieves. I intend to rout you out, and by the grace of the Eternal God, will rout you out.

What are kingdoms without justice but large bands of robbers?

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.

There are three ways by which an individual can get wealth—by work, by gift, and by theft. And, clearly, the reason why the workers get so little is that the beggars and thieves get so much.

He was always late on principle, his principle being that punctuality is the thief of time.

The moon's an arrant thief, And her pale fire she snatches from the sun.

Thieves respect property. They merely wish the property to become their property that they may more perfectly respect it.

Foreign aid breeds kleptocracies, or governments of thieves.

Time is the thief you cannot banish.

Tyranny, Is far the worst of treasons. Dost thou deem None rebels except subjects? The prince who Neglects or violates his trust is more A brigand than the robber-chief.

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.

The TV business is uglier than most things. It is normally perceived as some kind of cruel and shallow money trench through the heart of the journalism industry, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free and good men die like dogs, for no good reason. There's also a negative side.

Samuel J. Tilden says we are a nation of thieves and rascals. If that is so he ought to be President.

War makes thieves and peace hangs them.

The State is a gang of thieves writ large - the most immoral, grasping and unscrupulous individuals in any society.

Time is the subtle thief of youth.

Thieves must sit in prison.

Indecision is the greatest thief of opportunity.

gangs with no claims whatsoever to legitimacy. They are funded by theft and the basis of all their operations is aggression. They're no more entitled to keep their activities secret than any other gaggle of murderers, rapists and thieves is..

Boughs are daily rifled By the gusty thieves, And the book of Nature Getteth short of leaves.

Choose your leaders with wisdom and forethought. To be led by a coward is to be controlled by all that the coward fears. To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool. To be led by a thief is to offer up your most precious treasures to be stolen. To be led by a liar is to ask to be lied to. To be led by a tyrant is to sell yourself and those you love into slavery.

The big thieves hang the little ones.

Pleasure is a thief to business.

As to the thief, male or female cut off his or her hands.