“Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.”

“First thoughts are not always the best.”

“Often the test of courage becomes rather to live than to die.”

“Some people's inner child is a colicky baby.”

“In existing criminology there are concepts: a criminal man, a criminal profession, a criminal society, a criminal sect, and a criminal tribe; but there is no concept of a criminal state, or a criminal government, or criminal legislation. Consequently, the biggest crimes actually escape being called crimes.”

“We are often criminals in the eyes of the earth, not only for having committed crimes, but because we know what crimes have been committed. - The Man in the Iron Mask (155)”

“In a free society, how can you commit a crime against yourself?”