You can't put abandonment and alienation under arrest.

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Just about every year, Congress passes another crime bill - spending billions of dollars to...

Just about every year, Congress passes another crime bill - spending billions of dollars to...

Let's stop pretending we can arrest our way to safety and security. Despite all the...

Let's stop pretending we can arrest our way to safety and security. Despite all the...

We've got to stop focusing solely on the symptoms of crime, and start caring about...

We've got to stop focusing solely on the symptoms of crime, and start caring about...

Until we all start to take responsibility, until we do all we can to improve...

Until we all start to take responsibility, until we do all we can to improve...

If we were really tough on crime, we'd do more to stop it from happening...

If we were really tough on crime, we'd do more to stop it from happening...

America may be slow to rise to a challenge. But our history has shown that...

America may be slow to rise to a challenge. But our history has shown that...

You see, you can't put joblessness in a jail cell.

You see, you can't put joblessness in a jail cell.

If we were really tough on crime, we'd try to save our children from the...

If we were really tough on crime, we'd try to save our children from the...

If you see people better than you, let them be your inspiration for self improvement,...

If you see people better than you, let them be your inspiration for self improvement,...

Like carnivores to carnal pleasures As are we to desperate measures.

Like carnivores to carnal pleasures As are we to desperate measures.

Success is the good fortune that comes from aspiration, desperation, perspiration and inspiration.

Success is the good fortune that comes from aspiration, desperation, perspiration and inspiration.

I don't think human beings learn anything without desperation. Desperation is a necessary ingredient to...

I don't think human beings learn anything without desperation. Desperation is a necessary ingredient to...

When men attempt bold gestures, generally it's considered romantic. When women do it, it's often...

When men attempt bold gestures, generally it's considered romantic. When women do it, it's often...

Mankind at its most desperate is often at its best.

Mankind at its most desperate is often at its best.

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

Some people are desperately looking for scapegoats, they just don't want to see the truth!

Some people are desperately looking for scapegoats, they just don't want to see the truth!

Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.

Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.

The interesting thing is why we're so desperate for this anesthetic against loneliness.

The interesting thing is why we're so desperate for this anesthetic against loneliness.

When one hits the bottom of the Desperation Barrel, there is always someone down there.

When one hits the bottom of the Desperation Barrel, there is always someone down there.

I so desperately wanted to be Mr. Somebody. Instead, I was the little brother, included...

I so desperately wanted to be Mr. Somebody. Instead, I was the little brother, included...