36 Quotes About Gangs

Alfred said more people have died in LA gang conflicts than the troubles in Ireland. You'd never thought of it like that, which is his point: no one thinks of it like that.

The call to love our enemies is, without a doubt, the most difficult thing Jesus invited us to do. . . For gang members, the decision to not retaliate can be a life and death decision. It is a ridiculous call, and yet, as the cycle of violence is broken and Love spreads, the ripples of Love change the world.

Do not rescue your children from the consequences of their actions-HOW TO TALK TO YOUR CHILD ABOUT GANGS, Author, V J SMITH, BARNES AND NOBLE NOOK BOOK

Minding his own business had been his motto living in a strange foreign country with a world-recognized social issue of failing morals.

Cuz even a gangsta rapper can find redemptionFor the sins committed before revelation.

Forgetting begets forgetting begets ongoing mass murder.

I look at my students and have no trouble picturing just how successful they should be, if only we could remove them from the impetuses that brought them to the facility. If we could move them away from gangs. If we could get them into a rehab that stuck. If we could take them from people who abuse their trust, safety, and bodies.

The truth is, it is the younger inexperience gangsters who often cut down the older original gangsters. The best way for this young thug to prove himself to others, is to simply cut down an established gangster. Thus, this cruel cycle of senseless violence repeats itself, with the younger being more vicious and rootless than his predecessor. It’s the dog, who kills the lion, and once he has killed the lion, he’s no longer a dog; he’s now a lion himself.

We're this big melting pot, but someone turned up the heat too high, and the stew started to burn. Gangs, crime, fights, and fear are now a regular part of our local stew.