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The greatest crime since World War II has been U.S. foreign policy. — Ramsey Clark

All crimes, all hatreds, all wars can be reduced to unhappiness. — A.S. Neill

To make certain that crime does not pay, the government should take it over and try to run it. — J. Norman Collie

Preventive war is a crime not easily committed by a country that retains any traces of democracy. — George Orwell

In a free society, how can you commit a crime against yourself? — Jesse Ventura

perhaps it is clear why a writer should be interested in the constant, bullying, murderous, slovenly crime of war. — Ernest Hemingway,

The first atrocity, the first war crime committed in any war of aggression by the aggressors is against the truth. — Michael Parenti

I just can't comprehend, that you, Borge, of all people, couldn't keep your mouth shut. — Steen Langstrup

Crime of war is a criminal activity of which the defeated enemies, but not the victors, are guilty. — Noam Chomsky

War should be made a crime, and those who instigate it should be punished as criminals. — Charles Evans Hughes

We ought to shout out our thanksgiving as if every war were over; as if there were no more big taxes; as if there were no sickness, no crime. — John R. Rice

Jesse and Frank James were the most well-known military-trained gang members — Carter F. Smith

War is a lie. War is a racket. War is hell. War is waste. War is a crime. War is terrorism. War is not the answer. — Coleen Rowley

Bombing of urban areas was not considered a war crime at Nuremberg; reason is, the West did more of it than the Germans. — Noam Chomsky

Can you ever "solve" poverty? Can you ever "solve" crime? Can you ever "solve" disease, unemployment, war, or any other societal herpes? Hell no. — Max Brooks

Would a CONSCIOUS human being destroy himself through war, and crime, and quarrels? No, a man simply knows not what he does to himself. — G.I. Gurdjieff

Man has no right to kill his brother. It is no excuse that he does so in uniform: he only adds the infamy of servitude to the crime of murder. — Percy Bysshe Shelley

Everything you do in war is a crime in peace — Helen McCloy

The Syrian civil war is a "crime initiated by the United States and the Zionist regime, Israel." — Ali Khamenei

Rules are for children. This is war, and in war the only crime is to lose. — Joe Abercrombie

This is the second Simply Red song on this tape. One's unforgivable. Two's a war crime. Can I fast-forward? — Nick Hornby

Fighting a war on terrorism is like fighting against crime. We can never hope to eradicate crime, so we shouldn't bother fighting it. — Craig Bruce

War is mankind's most tragic and stupid folly; to seek or advise its deliberate provocation is a black crime against all men. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

Oh, it is all folly, madness, a crime against civilization. — William Tecumseh Sherman

Crime is contagious ... if the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for the law. — Louis D. Brandeis

We adapt to our sorrows, I suppose, as unpleasant as they might be. One cannot weep forever. One simply runs dry of tears. — Chris Womersley

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. — Sebastian Junger

After all, the girl actually had faith in something, which was more than most people had in these dark times. It was wrong to destroy it. — Chris Womersley

I think war is a crime. If you don't believe me, ask the infantry, ask the dead. — Michael McCormick

A story is a wondrous invention. — Chris Womersley

Whoever has the sword will have the earth. — Oliver North

Organized crime constitutes nothing less than a guerilla war against society. — Lyndon B. Johnson

American culture is torn between our long romance with violence and our terror of the devastation wrought by war and crime and environmental havoc. — Katherine Dunn

In fact, most of what they're calling crime is a kid caught with a joint in his pocket. Why do people think of that as the problem? — Noam Chomsky

To survive one tragedy was to learn you cannot survive them all, and this knowledge was both a freedom and a great loss. — Chris Womersley

War is the greatest of all crimes; and yet there is no aggressor who does not color his crime with the pretext of justice. — Voltaire

The invasion of Iraq was simply a war crime. Straight-out war crime. — Noam Chomsky

War is a crime committed by men and, therefore, when enough people say it shall not be, it cannot be. — Nellie L. McClung

Peace is the virtue of civilization. War is its crime. — Victor Hugo

The Armenian massacre was the greatest crime of the war.. — Theodore Roosevelt

Every human life has infinite value and to destroy even one is a crime against all humanity. — Marty Rubin

When he shows I'll say: 'Good day, a bouquet for Mr. Hovgaard.' Then you shoot him. Understood?"

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The Informer — Steen Langstrup

But is it crime or an act of war? Depends on who's telling the story ... — Lavie Tidhar

War of aggression, war which does not imply defense of one's country, is a collective crime. — Carlos Saavedra Lamas

What is our policy? ... to wage war against a monstrous tyranny, never surpassed in the dark, lamentable catalogue of human crime. — Winston Churchill

War is not the continuation of politics with different means, it is the greatest mass-crime perpetrated on the community of man. — Alfred Adler

War is a crime which involves all other crimes. — Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham And Vaux

The Statesman who, knowing his instrument to be ready, and seeing War inevitable, hesitates to strike first is guilty of a crime against his country. — Carl Von Clausewitz

You can't ever win the war on crime, or the war on terror. You can't repeal human nature. — Robert Harris

The British bombing of Caen beginning on D-Day in particular was stupid, counter-productive and above all very close to a war crime. — Antony Beevor

Never patronize your readers. That means don't talk down to them. — Tom Greer

Dropping those atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was a war crime. — George Wald

The real origins of money are to be found in crime and recompense, war and slavery, honor, debt, and redemption. That, — David Graeber

Crime, like war, is an aberration of creation. — Duane Hewitt

The New York Daily News suggested that my biggest war crime was not killing myself like a gentleman. Presumably Hitler was a gentleman. — Kurt Vonnegut

Politics, war, marriage, crime, adultery. Everything that exists in the world has something to do with money. — Graham Greene

My name's Alis K. From now on you will be Willy. Come on, let's push the bicycles for a bit."

Ingrid aka 'Alis K'
The Informer — Steen Langstrup

Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime. — Ernest Hemingway,

The seasons come up undisturbed by crime and war. — George A. Smith

As Ernest Hemingway wrote, 'Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime. Ask the infantry and ask the dead ... ' — Christopher Flynn

Liberals are people who think that being tough on crime means longer suspended sentences. — Ronald Reagan

Was not war itself a crime against God and humanity, and therefore, were not all those who sanctioned, engineered and conducted wars, war criminals? — Mahatma Gandhi

Soldier don't act like we is crime and them is order, soldier act like we is enemy and this is war. — Marlon James

The worst crimes were dared by a few, willed by more and tolerated by all. — Tacitus

Some explanations of a crime are not explanations: they're part of the crime. — Olavo De Carvalho

To delight in war is a merit in the soldier, a dangerous quality in the captain, and a positive crime in the statesman. — George Santayana

For the powerful, crimes are those that others commit. — Noam Chomsky

Srebrenica was a horrendous war crime and it had to be uncovered. — John Pomfret

To ... not prepare is the greatest of crimes; to be prepared beforehand for any contingency is the greatest of virtues. — Sun Tzu

Undoubtedly the war with Iraq was a tragedy. I think it was also a crime. — Tony Benn

My job is to put words together and tell a story. If that doesn't work for you, it's not a war crime. — Alan Zweibel