Let's stop pretending we can arrest our way to safety and security. Despite all the fine work that policemen and women do, we have got to find other solutions to deter crime.

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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 try to save our children from the...

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

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.

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...

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...

Successful crimes alone are justified

Successful crimes alone are justified

Everybody should want to make sure that we have the cyber tools necessary to investigate...

Everybody should want to make sure that we have the cyber tools necessary to investigate...

The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be...

The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be...

Rape is the only crime in which the victim becomes the accused.

Rape is the only crime in which the victim becomes the accused.

The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be...

The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be...

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Crime is a product of social excess

Crime is a product of social excess

Crime is an overhead you have to pay if you want to live in the...

Crime is an overhead you have to pay if you want to live in the...

He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.

He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.

No crime is vulgar, but all vulgarity is crime

No crime is vulgar, but all vulgarity is crime

Crime is a fact of the human species, a fact of that species alone, but...

Crime is a fact of the human species, a fact of that species alone, but...

Crimes are not to be measured by the issue of events, but by the bad...

Crimes are not to be measured by the issue of events, but by the bad...