"Nothing is more devastating to a community than out-of-control crime"

"Peace is the virtue of civilization. War is its crime"

"Poverty is like punishment for a crime you didn't commit"

"A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm"

"Creating the kind of connections between people that lead to collective civic action, political expression, community dialogue, shared cultural experiences"

"Behind every great fortune lies a great crime"

"The only medicine for suffering, crime, and all the other woes of mankind, is wisdom"

"To separate children from others of similar age and qualifications solely because of their race generates a feeling of inferiority as to their status in the community that may affect their hearts and minds in a way unlikely ever to be undone"

"He has committed the crime who profits by it"

"To make crime unprofitable, let the government run it"

"Capital punishment is as fundamentally wrong as a cure for crime as charity is wrong as a cure for poverty"