Theresa May Quotes

“I’m going to stop crime in the streets.” A president is pressured to make that promise even though a President can’t do anything about street crime.

Arresting people is not going to lower the crime rate

We haven't had crime writers, and for a long time in the Republic, we didn't seem to have a crime problem as such.

In the 1990s, we introduced Boston's community policing strategy. We reversed the tide of violent crime that threatened our city, and we established a national model for preventing and fighting crime.

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

But passing by all other considerations, and contemplating merely the political institutions of the United States, I lament that we waste so much time and money in punishing crimes and take so little pains to prevent them.

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

The police should be focused on policing criminal activity, and that's sort of the beginning, the middle and the end of it for me.

The answer to crime is not gun control, it is law enforcement and self-control.

As governor, there isn't a lot I can do beyond that to crack down on crime. Law enforcement is really a local issue. It's the cops' job to tighten down on criminals.

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.

No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes.

Crime is contagious.

There's nothing we [the Congress] can do to eliminate crime.

It is better to prevent crimes than to punish them.

Crimes happen, but some are preventable.

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

When you criminalize something, only criminals can deal with it. When criminals deal with it, there's no recourse to law, so there's only recourse to violence.

When I first served as Attorney General back in the early 90s, crime was at its highest in American history, with its peak in 1992.

'Vice Squad' needed to be real if it was going to have the impact that I wanted it to have.

The increasing crimes in Chennai have become a cause for concern. Chain snatching has become a routine affair.

Only an approach combining tough law enforcement with physical, moral and educational revitalization of high-crime areas offers the prospect of a safer America.

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

So the first task of a police force is not to fight crime and enforce the law. It is to establish legitimacy with the law-abiding citizenry and then fight crime and enforce the law.