Carrie P. Meek
Carrie P. Meek
Carrie P. Meekis an American politician from the U.S. state of Florida. She served in the United States House of Representatives from 1993 to 2003, representing Florida's 17th congressional district...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth29 April 1926
CountryUnited States of America
character responsibility community
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.
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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.
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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.
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We've got to stop focusing solely on the symptoms of crime, and start caring about the causes as well.
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If we were really tough on crime, we'd do more to stop it from happening in the first place.
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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.
You see, you can't put joblessness in a jail cell.
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America may be slow to rise to a challenge. But our history has shown that once we make up our minds to really do something, nothing can stand in our way.