If we were really tough on crime, we'd try to save our children from the desperation and deprivation that leave them primed for a life of crime.

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You can't put abandonment and alienation under arrest.

You can't put abandonment and alienation under arrest.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Desperation is a necessary ingredient to learning anything, or creating anything. Period. If you ain't...

Desperation is a necessary ingredient to learning anything, or creating anything. Period. If you ain't...

People who say they don't care what people think are usually desperate to have people...

People who say they don't care what people think are usually desperate to have people...

Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song...

Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song...

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...

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.

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.

Mankind at its most desperate is often at its best.

Mankind at its most desperate is often at its best.

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.

Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed, and in such desperate enterprises?...

Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed, and in such desperate enterprises?...

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

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

Desperation is a necessary ingredient to learning anything, or creating anything. Period. If you ain't...

Desperation is a necessary ingredient to learning anything, or creating anything. Period. If you ain't...