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" I do believe in lessons learned. I have learned that you work with gang members and not with gangs; otherwise, you enforce the cohesion of gangs and supply them oxygen. "

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" 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. "

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" For over twenty years, Homeboy Industries has chosen to stand with those on the margins and those whose burdens are more than they can bear; it stands with the poor and the powerless, with the easily-despised and the readily-left out. "

" Don't forget, you are the hero of your own story. "

" I'm not always optimistic, but I am hopeful. "

" 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. "

" I wouldn't trade my life for anybody's. "

" I would hope that government officials have a healthy respect for the complexity of the gang problem. They should never lose sight of the fact that there are human beings involved. There is no single solution. "

" No kid is seeking anything when he joins a gang; he's always fleeing something. He's not being pulled; he's being pushed by the circumstances in which he finds himself. "

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" I kinda don't do guilt. I gave it up for Lent years ago. "

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" 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. "

" Richard Rohr is a theologian that I read. "

" We need a pope to oversee not simply a modernization of the church but its total transformation. "

" At its best, an injunction creates a kind of vigilant heat that moves kids toward the light. "

" I don't believe in mistakes. Everything belongs, and, as the homies say, 'It's all good.' "

" Does God feel like that same-sex marriage could happen? I don't think anybody who has a connection to God and God's understanding and depth of compassion who's gonna say 'no.' "

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

" We are less than honest and commit a grave error if we insist that what happened to Rodney G. King was isolated and an exceptional case. The poor know better. "

" We can't get at crime unless we know what language it speaks. Otherwise, we are just suppressing the cough, not curing the disease. "

" Redemption is possible, and it is the measure of a civilized society. "

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

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

" So complex are all the ingredients that cause gang membership that it seems virtually impossible to isolate one solution that can address them all and thereby manufacture a hope for the future upon which these kids can rely. "

" 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. "

" Anyone who knows gangs knows that lawmakers cannot conceive of a law that would lead a hard-core gang member to 'think twice.' "

" The Church should say, 'I'm frightened that women will be ordained;' that's honest, say that. But don't say, 'It's a grave sin,' because that's nonsense. "

" I want to be prophetic and take stands and stand with those on the margins, and I want to laugh as much as I can. "

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

" There is no 'them' and 'us.' There is only us. "

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" 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. "

" Children find themselves adrift not because the informational signposts are illegible, but because there is no one around to guide and accompany them. "