Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks.
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Instead of investing our resources in locking people up, let's invest more of those resources in our fellow citizens so they don't end up in the system to begin with. And if they do, they can get back on their feet.
Wherever smart people work, doors are unlocked.
We can agree that keeping serious criminals in prison is an effective means of preserving public safety, but we must also recognize that the axiom of 'putting people in jail and throwing away the key' does not apply to all offenders universally and can actually be counterproductive.
It must be a judge - never a politician - who decides whether someone is to be locked up.
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
Thieves must sit in prison.
The knife of corruption endangered the life of New York City. The scalpel of the law is making us well again.
By increasing the size of the keyhole, today's playwrights are in danger of doing away with the door.
No one can drive us crazy unless we give them the keys.
The safety of the republic being the supreme law, and Texas having offered us the key to the safety of our country from all foreign intrigues and diplomacy, I say accept the key... and bolt the door at once.