Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters Quotes

Knife crime devastates communities.

I was held up at gunpoint a month after I won Miss South Africa.

I am deeply saddened to hear that the man who murdered my brother, Michael Ensley, has been charged with murder again. I grieve for every family who has been victimized by this heinous individual. My prayers and love go out to the family of Demetra Doyle Heard during this trying time.

The Violence Against Women Act has been a true bipartisan success story since it was first enacted in 1994. In my home state of Texas alone, its programs have helped hundreds of thousands of victims to break free from the terrible cycle of domestic violence.

Every single person in jail for a violent crime had a nightmare childhood.

Rape has been normalized. Rape is in our culture. Gender based violence is part of our whole patriarchal culture. It happens all the time…. There is silence because of fear, because the perpetrator has the power one way or the other/

Different victims, different survivors of different crimes will choose to pursue different paths. And hopefully, over time, we can collectively transform our culture into one that prioritizes healing and prevention instead of simply focusing on punishment.

I've seen people get robbed, seen people get shot with my own eyes, for pointless petty crimes.

I know just about everything that really goes on with domestic violence.

A lady of honor may be raped once, but it strengthens her virtue.

In the '80s, you couldn't walk in the neighborhood without looking back to see if anyone was following you. You had your key in your hand before you got to your apartment and you'd rush in so you didn't have to stop.

The criminal does not expect his prey to fight back. May he never choose you, but, if he does, surprise him.

When it comes to crime, the violent crime rate in America has been lowered during my presidency and any time in the last three, four decades.

Let's say you have an ax. Just a cheap one, from Home Depot. On one bitter winter day, you use said ax to behead a man. Don't worry, the man was already dead. Or maybe you should worry, because you're the one who shot him.

Violence toward women isn't cultural; it's criminal.

Well, you know what happens to crime when the heat goes up.

Those most likely to be raped or sexually assaulted are young women between the ages of 16 and 24, women with their whole lives ahead of them. This one act of violence will alter their lives forever.

To anyone out there who has ever been assaulted: You will never be alone. You are never alone. We have your back. I've got your back.

I thought that Mr. Clutter was a very nice gentleman. I thought so right up to the moment that I cut his throat.

The reason we do activism is because, maybe you haven't been raped or abused, but there are millions of people who can't say the same, and when you hear their stories you may be a little bit compelled. And it doesn't have to be dark. In the Congo, there are women who've been raped and re-raped, and they're so powerful, and they can carry trees on their heads, and they're dancing!

Money made me evil, court cases got me stressed Niggaz aimin at my head but I still wear my vest.

Murder is terribly exhausting.

Finally, this being America, there is the constant possibility of murder.

I think people are frustrated in this society, where predators prey upon normal, law-abiding citizens, and you never see justice in the courtroom. In my films, the predators don't get away with it.

No, Michael was all good. Killed, dismembered, buried, reborn…yeah, just another day in the life.