Famous Quotes & Sayings

Deborah Ellis

When the Taliban took over in 1996, the news of their crimes hit the Toronto papers. As a feminist and as an anti-war activist, I heard about what was happening to women, and I wanted to do something to support those folks.

Eion Bailey

I'm very interested in soldier recovery projects and in Bradley Manning's story, the army intelligence officer who's being held as a detainee and is going to trial for crimes of treason.

Stockwell Day

Since 1962, violent crimes have increased from about 219 per 100,000 people to over 1000 per 100,000 people-a 500% increase. Divorce has increased from 36 per 10,000 people to 250-a greater than 600% increase.

We have investigated that back and forth and up and down, and there's just no evidence that he was involved in any prosecutable crimes during the period of jurisdiction for the tribunal. He looks clean.

The most resonant crimes are the ones in which the victim is most innocent, or perceived as innocent. Blaming the victim is tempting; it offers an out.

Evidence from mobile devices has provided critical help in solving crimes ranging from homicides to drug trafficking.

The database is very important on solving old crimes and new crimes. It's also important for protecting innocence.

Steve Camp

The crimes which I'm guilty of were several years ago and nothing since.

What we find is that many of the people involved in minor crimes are the same people that are involved in major crimes,

James Comey

Hate crimes are different from other crimes. They strike at the heart of one's identity - they strike at our sense of self, our sense of belonging. The end result is loss - loss of trust, loss of dignity, and in the worst case, loss of life.

We looked for things like inconsistencies in their stories about occupation, education, crimes and family background.

This was an excellent result. The sentencing reflects the crimes committed.

Jonathan Turley

The president's dead wrong. When the president admits that he violated federal law, that raises serious constitutional questions of high crimes and misdemeanors.

Rafael Correa

We won't tolerate abuses and crimes made every day in the name of freedom of speech. That is freedom of extortion and blackmail.

Ruth Rendell

Crimes are more often committed out of fear than wickedness. People live frightened, desperate lives.

There can be no impediment to his extradition for the very serious crimes with which he is charged, ... We urge the government to move expeditiously so that he can be extradited.

We've come to a situation where those crimes are ignored,

To say there's no more of a heinous crime, you must not be reading the newspapers or watching television because there are all kinds of stories out there of little girls getting taken and killed. I can think of thousands of crimes that are more heinous.

Fidel Castro

I think only God can punish crimes of such magnitude.

We need to launch a crackdown on organized crimes and evil forces, and enhance anti-corruption measures to prevent them from undermining China's stability.

Mira Sorvino

I was offered one of the roles in a big project that shall remain nameless. I thought the whole thing encouraged violent sex crimes toward women. It made horrible, ghastly rape violence seem sexy. I just didn't want to sign my name to it.

Noam Chomsky

The appropriate response to terrorist crimes is police work, which has been successful worldwide.

Salma Hayek

You have supported the work of prosecutors dedicated to holding the perpetrators of these crimes accountable,

Repentance for past crimes is just and easy; but sin-no-more's a task too hard for mortals

The loss of life and injury in New Mexico due to alcohol-related crimes has to stop.

Despite shortcomings, it was a momentous day for Iraqis. It sends a signal that the days of unlimited impunity for these types of crimes may be winding down.

The move will help regulators deal with securities crimes more efficiently and help small investors protect their legal rights.

The weakness of the current security services in dealing with such crimes ... led to all these explosions.

This is a familiar problem: people spending years in jail for crimes that didn't happen as a result of erroneous pathology.

Jerry Doyle

It's a shame people would stoop to this kind of thing. We have to look at these crimes and see if there is anything else we can do.

Every criminal defendant on trial now or awaiting sentencing (in cases) involving massive financial crimes should be dancing in the aisles.

What is so prejudicial are all the people who have pleaded guilty to crimes they did not commit.

Brad Smith

These are real crimes that disrupt the lives of real people.