Jupiter Hammon Quotes

If I was a bad character that got away with murder like we see on other shows, I do not think I would like it because that sends a message that you can do these horrible things and never pay for it.

One thing I was thinking about is that they probably get their come-uppance about the same percentage that people in real life do. Basically, stealing for all practical purposes might as well be legal in New York.

It ain't no sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break any.

You don't know what the [ethical] rules are until the gallows pull up in front of your door and they drag you out to hang you.

Everybody has to be responsible for their own actions - and if they do something wrong, I believe in paying for it.

Successful crimes alone are justified.

I think if we wish to live in any kind of a moral universe, we must hold the perpetrators of violence responsible for the violence they perpetrate. It's very simple. The criminal is responsible for the crime.

In the end, crime doesn't pay.

I'm always curious how we sometimes have a different point of view when it comes to justice. And that's why people root for 'Dexter.'

I believe in justice, and I believe in people being held responsible for their actions.

If we started prosecuting people for sin, we’d all be in jail.

If I want to call somebody's name out, I want to make sure they've done wrong.

What pleases us is that people are realising that punishment is inevitable for those who don't respect the law.

What is the difference between me and a criminal? My crimes were not caught. Those of us whose crimes were not caught are on this side of the fence while criminals have been condemned on the other side.

I think crime is probably driven more by morality than anything else.

Nobody is allowed to break the law.

Whether we bring our enemies to justice or bring justice to our enemies, justice will be done.

I am grateful that I live in a nation where most believe that one's punishment should fit their wrongdoing and that ours is a nation that judges an individual by both what he has done and how he has changed.

Touch but a cobweb in Westminster Hall, and the old spider of the law is out upon you with all his vermin at his heels.

There are two freedoms - the false, where a man is free to do what he likes; the true, where he is free to do what he ought.

Since we own our bodies, we also inevitably own the effects of our actions, be they good or bad. If we own the effects of our actions, then clearly we own that which we produce, whether what we produce is a bow, or a book - or a murder.

If people have done something wrong then they should be held accountable.

I wanted to show that crime doesn't pay. If you are saved and accept the Lord, you cannot use that as an excuse to avoid punishment.

Swift justice demands more than just swiftness.

We are responsible for actions performed in response to circumstances for which we are not responsible.