Bill Hicks Quotes

I always thought that was one of the single most important things a prosecutor could do is to seek justice for the families of victims.

The Crime Victims Fund is distributed to service providers who assist millions of crime victims annually throughout our communities in a host of ways. It is paid for by fines levied on criminals, not taxpayers.

Victims have a right to be heard and be involved in the process … Traditional Navajo law gives them the right to be made whole.

I've been really consistent throughout the campaign and since I won that I want to prioritize victims rights and I want to prioritize healing.

There's a deeper conversation to be had on guns, and just because I happen to know where I fall into that conversation doesn't mean that I don't want to have that conversation.

I have to be honest - I don't love guns.

I think 'Dirty Harry' was probably sensitive toward the victims of violent crime.

I think it will bring back discussion about Columbine. When Columbine happened it was the topic of the week, and we shouldn't have just moved on to something else. Whether people like the film or not, it's going to make them think about what happened.

I am a victim-oriented person. I like to see that the victims know that they have a voice.

The gun issue is a big, unresolved issue in this country right now. I think it's out of control.

It takes only one person with a weapon to shatter a life, a family, a community.

I think that many people are the victims of abuse every single day and can't stand up for themselves. People need to be able to understand that we need to stand united and that abuse should not be happening anymore.

I believe Sandy Hook happened.

Our laws must protect victims.

For far too long, victims' rights have been discussed only in the context of sentencing. Sentencing is very important, but the debate obscures something much more fundamental: most victims have so little faith in our criminal justice system that they do not access it at all.

We need to have a system whereby, when a victim walks into a police station, she can be confident that she will be believed and that every effort will be made find evidence to support her in court.

'Parkland' is not out to pick a fight and start a dialogue about conspiracy.

One of my priorities is giving victims the right to choose different paths to restoration and to healing. It's prioritizing having restitution available for economic harm, having victim services for the trauma and also recognizing that victims are far more than simply pieces of evidence to be used in order to secure a lengthy prison sentence.

There will be occasions when someone has suffered a crime where it is either obvious that they are not looking for an investigation or that there are no investigative opportunities and you just have to be up front about that.

We need society, and particularly the victims of crime, to believe justice is being done.

If in the script there is an argument about gun control, the most precious document you could produce at 'The West Wing' that week is a passionate, intelligent case against gun control. We know how to do the other one.

I know that there are people out there who believe we should get rid of all guns.

I kind of think we have too many guns in this country.

I think that we may lose the argument, but I think we have to talk about gun control.

I won't yield to anyone about guns in our society. I know enough about it.