Crime Quotes
There are crimes of passion and crimes of logic. The boundary between them is not clearly defined.
"There are crimes of passion and crimes of logic. The boundary between them is not clearly defined."— Albert Camus
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Meaning of this quote
Violence can arise through immediate emotion or through carefully constructed justification. Camus warns that an argument can conceal a destructive moral choice.
Key takeaway:
Examine the human consequences of an apparently logical justification.
Origin of the quote
The Rebel (1951), opening of the introduction.
Who actually said this?
VerifiedThe English translation begins with these sentences. Their distinction frames Camus’s examination of ideological murder.
