You can't put abandonment and alienation under arrest.

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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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Successful crimes alone are justified

Successful crimes alone are justified

The greatest crimes do not arise from a want of feeling for others but from...

The greatest crimes do not arise from a want of feeling for others but from...

Toward no crimes have men shown themselves so cold- bloodedly cruel as in punishing differences...

Toward no crimes have men shown themselves so cold- bloodedly cruel as in punishing differences...

If criminals wanted to grind justice to a halt, they could do it by banding...

If criminals wanted to grind justice to a halt, they could do it by banding...

The prisoner is not the one who has commited a crime, but the one who...

The prisoner is not the one who has commited a crime, but the one who...

Not failure, but low aim, is crime.

Not failure, but low aim, is crime.

Punishment is not for revenge, but to lessen crime and reform the criminal.

Punishment is not for revenge, but to lessen crime and reform the criminal.

The real significance of crime is in its being a breach of faith with the...

The real significance of crime is in its being a breach of faith with the...

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

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

Obviously crime pays, or there'd be no crime.

Obviously crime pays, or there'd be no crime.

Where the suspect poses no immediate threat to the officer and no threat to others,...

Where the suspect poses no immediate threat to the officer and no threat to others,...

The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well,...

The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well,...