Subject: Conflict

Kleptomaniac: A thief with breeding.

(1950 – ) American author, satirist, webmaster & copywriter

Outside of the killings, [Washington] has one of the lowest crime rates in the country.

(1936 – ) American politician, Mayor of Washington, D.C.

When I lost my rifle, the Army charged me $85; that’s why in the Navy, the captain goes down with the ship.

(1932 – 2017) comedian, social activist, critic & writer

If you ever see me getting beaten by the police, put down the video camera and come help me.

(1962 – ) comedian, actor, voice actor, screenwriter, & film & television director

She changes prices. I caught her in a near misdemeanus.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)

I can’t listen to that much Wagner… I start getting the urge to conquer Poland.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian

If we had less statesmanship we could get along with fewer battleships.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

The only reason we're not in Iran now is because we're going alphabetically and George Bush can't spell.

(1965 – 2010) American stand-up comedian & television personality

Nowadays, the perfect crime is getting caught and then selling your story to TV.

fictional mascot and cover boy of Mad, an American humor magazine

He has committed every crime that does not require courage.

(1804 – 1881) British prime minister, politician & author

An infallible method of conciliating a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

(1876 – 1967) German statesman

War has become a luxury that only small nations can afford.

(1906 – 1975) German-born American political theorist

Here’s how easy it was to get away with bank robbery back in the ‘30s… as long as you weren’t still there when the police arrived, you had a 99% change of getting away with it.

(1982 – ) American comedian, actor, writer & producer

Prisoner serving 2,000-year sentence could face more time

We should develop anti-satellite weapons because we could not have prevailed without them in 'Red Storm Rising.'

(1947 – ) U.S. vice president & politician

Army recruiter: Have you ever been convicted of a felony or a misdemeanor? That’s robbery, rape, car theft, that sort of thing.

Ziskey: Never convicted.

(1944 – 2014) American actor, director & writer

You’ll get my assault weapon when you pry it out of my curious six-year-old’s cold dead hands.

(1978 – ) American writer & stand-up comedian

When I see the Ten Most Wanted lists, I always have this thought: If we'd made them feel wanted earlier, they wouldn't be wanted now.

(1892 – 1964) singer, dancer, comedian, actor & songwriter

Incoming fire has the right of way.

Never worry about the bullet with your name on it; instead, worry about shrapnel addressed to 'occupant.’

Thou shalt not kill anything less than a fifth.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer