DeRay Mckesson Quotes

Stealing is stealing. I don't care if it's on the Internet or you're breaking into a warehouse somewhere - it's theft.

There is a difference between jaywalking and grand larceny.

I certainly don't know if you could claim that every theft is wrong, but I'll prove to you that every theft is forbidden, by simply locking you up.

To be in prison so long, it's difficult to remember exactly what you did to get there.

Thieves must sit in prison.

I've made an incredible amount of money stealing fans from homeowners.

Wanted for Treason.

If a thief commits a theft by night, if the owner kills the thief, the thief shall be killed lawfully

If you ignore the homicides, Washington actually has a very low crime rate.

I've never been robbed in person, but I've gotten my car broken into a couple of times.

Stealing a man's wife, that's nothing, but stealing his car, that's larceny.

To tear treasure out of the bowels of the land was their desire, with no more moral purpose at the back of it than there is in burglars breaking into a safe.

The more laws and orders are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be.

If we steal a man’s purse we are thieves. If we steal twelve hundred islands, we are patriots. If you steal a man’s money, you will be sent to the penitentiary. If you steal his liberty, you will be sent to the White House.

It is criminal to steal a purse, daring to steal a fortune, a mark of greatness to steal a crown. The blame diminishes as the guilt increases.

As the economy goes south, petty theft begins. And then grand theft. And then muggings.

'Tower Heist?' That is a movie that it's hard not to name-drop, but, it's a crew of five, and it's Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy, me, Matthew Broderick, and Casey Affleck. And we're like, on a heist.

I really don't like being in jail.

Being robbed is a really great way of editing your belongings.

I remember, this one time, one of my best friends was living with us for a little while, this place we were renovating. We got back, we'd been cleared out. The place had been robbed. They must have backed up trucks to get the appliances. And our buddy was still sleeping.

I want first-time offenders to think of their appearance in my courtroom as the second-worst experience of their lives - circumcision being the first.

If an individual sticks up a bank and walks off with $25,000, there are consequences. If someone who really could have had an insurance policy consumes $25,000 worth of health care, everyone else pays for that.

I am giving my best to have a quiet life but sometimes it doesn't depend on myself because people just want to come into my home and steal some things, even though I have nothing in my home.

The difference between theft and destruction is often a few keystrokes.

I've been in places that have been robbed.