Geoffrey Fisher Quote - Liberty Quotes Blog

"In a civilized society, all crimes are likely to be sins, but most sins are not and ought not to be treated as crimes."

by:	Geoffrey Fisher Archbishop of Canterbury
Source:	Look Magazine, 17 March 1959
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Categories:	Crime, Morals, Prison, Religion, Tolerance, Virtue
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Reader comments about this quote:

Now should this be in the front of the bible or in the back, as a final comment...did God speak of sins or did he speak of crimes,...every one sins in one form or another, but do they all go to jail? -- trinity dushon, S.F.,Ca.
-- Mike, Norwalk
-- Anonymous, Reston, VA US
God was not concerned with the government. What drivel trinity. -- warren, olathe
If we make government our god, then all of our crimes become sins. -- Ken, Allyn, WA
According to Mosaic law, sins and crimes were considered one and the same. The problem is when man dares to speak for God and to administer 'justice' (which often is just another man's view). -- E Archer, NYC