Bill Schuette Quotes

Too often, we see violent criminals return to the streets they have previously terrorized, only to commit more violent crimes.

No one wants dangerous criminals in our communities.

The essence to reducing violent crime in our society is to take these people [criminals] off the street.

Fighting crime is not cheap, because it requires boots on the ground.

When crime was spiking in our communities, Dad wrote the crime bill that put 100,000 cops on the streets and led to an eight-year drop in crime across the country.

I think we will be safer when we can concentrate law enforcement and criminal justice resources and energies on those individuals who truly need, for the safety of society... to be incarcerated.

All issues of crime are better addressed at the state level.

We need to send a clear message to gang members that violent crime will not be tolerated.

The key for members of the public is that they want criminals to be punished. They want them taken off the streets. They also want criminals who come out of prison to go straight.

Broken-windows enforcement is really about controlling behavior to such an extent you change it: If you deal with the little things, you can keep them from going into the big things. Zero tolerance implies zealotry. It's oppressive. And it's not achievable. You're never going to be in a position to eliminate all crime.

Targets don't fight crime; they hinder the fight against crime.

Simply put, violent criminals break the law - any law - every day with impunity.

Our laws are too lax, our justice system too weak - particularly when it comes to violent, dangerous offenders.

No place is unpoliceable; no crime is immune to better enforcement efforts.

Nothing will deter crime but the certainty of punishment.

Putting cops on streets is the most effective way to combat crime.

Too many communities are living in fear as violent crime rises. So we need to reform our justice system to keep our streets safe and protect the law-abiding majority. That means putting an end to soft sentences and punishing offenders by keeping them behind bars so that the public can be protected and the offenders can be rehabilitated.

Law and order is a social service. Crime and the fear which the threat of crime induces can paralyse whole communities, keep lonely and vulnerable elderly people shut up in their homes, scar young lives and raise to cult status the swaggering violent bully who achieves predatory control over the streets. I suspect that there would be more support and less criticism than today's political leaders imagine for a large shift of resources from Social Security benefits to law and order - as long as rhetoric about getting tough on crime was matched by practice.

And not go to things that sound good that really did not have the kind of impact that we would want. Who disagrees with keeping neighborhoods safe?

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

There's a simple way to solve the crime problem: obey the law; punish those who do not.

Stopping crime before it occurs is the most effective crime fighting tool of all.

And some people, you've got to lock up. If you don't, they're going to hurt you.

We must renew our efforts to keep our communities safe, from the dangers of terrorists from foreign lands and from common criminals here at home. Let no criminal believe that tough fiscal times will yield an open cell door and a ticket to freedom.

But in my district I have heard from law enforcement officials and across the State of Florida about how much this JAG funding helps them fight crime, and to protect and serve the citizens within their jurisdiction.