Quote

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.

Carrie P. Meek

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Carrie P. Meek
Age: 98
Born: 1926
Born: April 29
Politician
Tallahassee
Florida
Carrie Pittman Meek
Tough
Crime
Leave
Children
Trying
Primed
Really
Deprivation
Life
Desperation
Save

More quotes by Carrie P. Meek

Image
Just about every year, Congress passes another crime bill - spending billions of dollars to build more prisons, to place more band-aids on society's scars.
Carrie P. Meek
Image
We've got to stop focusing solely on the symptoms of crime, and start caring about the causes as well.
Carrie P. Meek
Image
You can't put abandonment and alienation under arrest.
Carrie P. Meek
Image
Until we all start to take responsibility, until we do all we can to improve the character of our communities, we'll never break the cycle of violence and indifference.
Carrie P. Meek