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" God can get tiny if we're not careful. "

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" As a society, we come up lacking in many of the marks of compassion and wisdom by which we measure ourselves as civilized. "

" Gangs are born of a lethal absence of hope, and hope has an address: 130 W. Bruno St. in Los Angeles, CA 90012. "

" We ought not to demonize a single gang member, and we ought not to romanticize a single gang. "

" The powers, conditions, and desires that propel Mexicans and Central Americans into this country are so fundamental, so vast, that no action, legislative or other-wise, can discourage this flight. "

" It has become an accepted tenet that kids will rarely listen to their parents but seldom fail to imitate them. Communicating the message has never been a good substitute for 'showing up' and embodying the message. "

" The mark of our society as civilized will come when we embrace confidence in the power of redemption. "

" Most employers just aren't willing to look beyond the dumbest or worst thing someone has done. "

" The draconian spirit that seeks to enhance penalties and to lower the age at which juveniles will be tries as adults, is part of the 'whole cloth' of three strikes. Our failure to address the depair of our inner-city youth is only delayed by our over-confidence in a stance that is 'tougher than thou.' "

" The margins don't get erased by simply insisting that the powers-that-be erase them. "

" We lose our right to be surprised that California has the highest recidivism rate in the country if we refuse to hire folks who have taken responsibility for their crimes and have done their time. "

" My job isn't to fix or rescue or to save. It's to accompany, see people, listen to them. "

" People have started to see that 'smart on crime' rather than 'tough on crime' makes sense. "

" The church needs a pope who can call us to conversion and lead us to take seriously what Jesus did. "

" People have to see that there is a high degree of complexity about belonging to a gang. It's a symptom, not a problem. "

" Gang members aren't frightened into acceptable behavior by increased penalties, enhanced punishments, and the promise of new detention facilities. "

" The desire of God's heart is immeasurably larger than our imaginations can conjure. "

" Like the suffering child, gang members act out of their despair, and their actions are all the more alarming now for our not having heeded their cry long ago. The shortsighted neglect that keeps us locked up in our outrage has also kept us from viable solutions. "

" There is no such thing as a bad cop, only disturbing and dominant cop thinking that will invariably lead to excessive force and tragic outcomes. "

" I've never met an evil person ever. "

" Most citizens viewing the tape of Rodney G. King being beaten by police officers were stunned and uncomprehending. Most citizens, that is, but the urban poor. "

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" I think that any program that's born from below rather than on high is going to survive. "

" God seems to be an unwilling participant in our efforts to pigeonhole Him. "

" All politics are local, and so in church. "

" Even gang members imagine a future that doesn't include gangs. "

" The highest hallmark of a civilized society is not the rapidity by which it exacts vengeance, but its ability to hold victim and victimizer in its compassionate heart. "

" Metro police can't infuse hope into those for whom hope is foreign. The algorithm does not exist that can heal the traumatized. Data-driven predictions won't result in the delivery of mental health services. "

" I don't save people. God saves people. I can point them in the right direction. I can say, 'There's that door. I think if you walked through it, you'd be happier than you are.' "

" In Los Angeles, the gang capital of the world, we have 1,100 gangs and 120,000 gang members so it is a daunting, complex social dilemma. "

" Abject poverty, political instability, torture, and other abuses push thousands across our border. There is not a deterrent imaginable that equals the conditions that force their migration. "

" The truth is this: Brutalized, victimized children invariably will brutalize and victimize when they grow up. Is our only response to this the certain promise that we will penalize them when they do? Or will we commit to keeping our children safe from brutality and victimization? "