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Given the devastation that crime can visit on families and communities, I will err on being a little too tough on crime than being too soft on crime.

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

Success in crime always invites to worse deeds.

If you don't visit the bad neighborhoods, the bad neighborhoods are going to visit you.

If we were really tough on crime, we'd do more to stop it from happening in the first place.

We must do more to protect our neighborhoods and give integrity to our community plans.

We've got to stop focusing solely on the symptoms of crime, and start caring about the causes as well.

If crime is going down, you shouldn't be increasing resources for crime prevention. Or you should be taking note of what has worked and concentrate the crime-prevention methods on policies that have a track record of success.

If we were really tough on crime, we'd try to save our children from the desperation and deprivation that leave them primed for a life of crime.

It is time to put more cops on the beat and remove our most violent repeat offenders from our neighborhood streets.