Ally Carter Quotes

You can put handcuffs on people who push the envelope. When they break the law, they deserve to have handcuffs.

No thank you, I don't engage in criminal practice.

Criminals don't care what the law is.

I know what it means to prosecute people.

Rewarding law breakers produces more law breakers.

The problem with living outside the law is that you no longer have its protection.

Nothing so upholds the laws as the punishment of persons whose rank is as great as their crime.

In Paris there are two dens, one for thieves, the other for murderers. The den of thieves is the Stock Exchange; the den of murderers is the Courthouse.

I was really in to shiny things when I was younger and I stole a shiny tag for my dog. I didn't get caught. I hope I don't go to jail for that.

One of the advantages of having laws is the pleasure one may take in breaking them.

The penal code deals with things like theft, false testimony, adultery, fornication, etc. and then there's the law of the state, the law of the individual and the law of the public.

The law is not known, since there is nothing in it to know. We come across it only through its action, and it acts only through its sentence and its execution. It is not distinguishable from the application. We know it only through its imprint on our heart and our flesh: we are guilty, necessarily guilty. Guilt is like the moral thread which duplicates the thread of time.

Criminal justice is about respecting the law and being respected by the law so there is a fundamental respect issue here.

Laws teach us to know when we commit injury and when we suffer it.

Ignorance of the law excuses no man.

The Law cuts into the core of the evil, it reveals the seat of the malady, and informs us that the leprosy lies deep within.

Laws can't control the lawless.

Do not give sentence in another tribunal till you have been yourself judged in the tribunal of Justice.

You might wanna rethink that, boy. 'Cause if I'm going to get sued for offensively touching you, I'm going to make it worth my while.

Everyone of us is a potential convict.

The Common lawes of the Realme should by no means be delayed for the law is the surest sanctuary, that a man should take, and the strongest fortresse to protect the weakest of all, lex et tutissima cassis.

I am so sick of you smart kids. Why can't you just boost cars or steal stuff like normal kids?' 'We do steal stuff. Just bigger stuff.

Honestly, I don't understand why people get so worked up about a little murder!

The purpose of the law is not to prevent a future offense, but to punish the one actually committed.

The punishment can be remitted; the crime is everlasting.