--- title: "6 Gang Quotes By Luis J. Rodríguez" description: "6 Gang quotes by Luis J. Rodríguez. Plus more from Luis J. Rodríguez and more Gang sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f3/luis-j-rodr-guez-15197_balanced_we-people-all-need-each-other-gangs-do-t_933688.jpg" --- > [ We \[people\] all need each other. Gangs do try to fill that void - but they can't do what healthy, balanced, and… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luis-j-rodr-guez/we-people-all-need-each-other-gangs-do-try-to-fill-that-void-but-they/) [Luis J. Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luis-j-rodr-guez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f3/luis-j-rodr-guez-15197_balanced_we-people-all-need-each-other-gangs-do-t_933688.jpg) > [To go against gangs or drugs is meaningless unless this is mostly done by filling in the empties, the vacuums, and stop…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luis-j-rodr-guez/to-go-against-gangs-or-drugs-is-meaningless-unless-this-is-mostly/) [Luis J. Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luis-j-rodr-guez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6dc/luis-j-rodr-guez-15197_adults_to-go-against-gangs-or-drugs-is-meaningl_1062743.jpg) > [If young people had love, hope, true education, the arts, full and meaningful lives they won’t join gangs. My life since living…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luis-j-rodr-guez/if-young-people-had-love-hope-true-education-the-arts-full-and/) [Luis J. Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luis-j-rodr-guez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20c/luis-j-rodr-guez-15197_art_if-young-people-had-love-hope-true-educa_2541568.jpg) > [Gangs have always existed - they are primarily a community a young men trying to find intensity, meaning, a path to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luis-j-rodr-guez/gangs-have-always-existed-they-are-primarily-a-community-a-young-men/) [Luis J. Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luis-j-rodr-guez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd5/luis-j-rodr-guez-15197_ceremony_gangs-have-always-existed-they-are-prima_2591532.jpg) > [Gangs exist when there are lots of empties in a person, in family, in community. It points out how we need to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luis-j-rodr-guez/gangs-exist-when-there-are-lots-of-empties-in-a-person-in-family-in/) [Luis J. Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luis-j-rodr-guez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e95/luis-j-rodr-guez-15197_art_gangs-exist-when-there-are-lots-of-empti_2891908.jpg) > [I'm not really anti-gang - I was a gang member and so was my son. I'm pro-youth, pro-community, pro-family, pro-arts, and pro-peace.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luis-j-rodr-guez/i-m-not-really-anti-gang-i-was-a-gang-member-and-so-was-my-son-i-m/) [Luis J. Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luis-j-rodr-guez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/013/luis-j-rodr-guez-15197_art_i-m-not-really-anti-gang-i-was-a-gang-me_3178375.jpg) ## Other authors on Gang ## More by Luis J. Rodríguez > [“A friend once told me a story about a former Black Panther leader in a Midwest community who in the 1960s had his phone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luis-j-rodr-guez/a-friend-once-told-me-a-story-about-a-former-black-panther-leader-in/) [Luis J. Rodríguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luis-j-rodr-guez/) > [I worked in a steel mill, I worked in a foundry, I worked in a paper mill, I worked in a chemical refinery, construction,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luis-j-rodr-guez/i-worked-in-a-steel-mill-i-worked-in-a-foundry-i-worked-in-a-paper/) [Luis J. Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luis-j-rodr-guez/) > [“you dont have solo rights to anything anymore,not even your crazy life”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luis-j-rodr-guez/you-dont-have-solo-rights-to-anything-anymore-not-even-your-crazy-life/) [Luis J. Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luis-j-rodr-guez/) > [I moved into the garage at my mom's house, she wouldn't let me into the house, and the garage didn't have any running water.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luis-j-rodr-guez/i-moved-into-the-garage-at-my-mom-s-house-she-wouldn-t-let-me-into/) [Luis J. Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luis-j-rodr-guez/) > [“It never stopped, this running. We were constant prey, and the hunters soon became big blurs: the police, the gangs, the junkies, the dudes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luis-j-rodr-guez/it-never-stopped-this-running-we-were-constant-prey-and-the-hunters/) [Luis J. Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luis-j-rodr-guez/) > [One summer I was homeless in L.A., when I was about fifteen, and I used to go to the library to get books. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luis-j-rodr-guez/one-summer-i-was-homeless-in-l-a-when-i-was-about-fifteen-and-i-used/) [Luis J. Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luis-j-rodr-guez/) > [I was kind of a weird homie; I was a weird kid. Nobody in my family loved books. I'm the only one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luis-j-rodr-guez/i-was-kind-of-a-weird-homie-i-was-a-weird-kid-nobody-in-my-family/) [Luis J. Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luis-j-rodr-guez/) > [Nobody supported me; my family thought I had gone crazy. They thought, you crazy gangster, you crazy drug addict, now you want to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luis-j-rodr-guez/nobody-supported-me-my-family-thought-i-had-gone-crazy-they-thought/) [Luis J. Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luis-j-rodr-guez/) > [The judge gave me a break. He was like: wow, we've never heard of this. So he gave me time served in the county…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luis-j-rodr-guez/the-judge-gave-me-a-break-he-was-like-wow-we-ve-never-heard-of-this/) [Luis J. Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luis-j-rodr-guez/) > [“my task is to make you hear,to make you feel ,and ,above all,to make you see,that is all,and it is everything”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luis-j-rodr-guez/my-task-is-to-make-you-hear-to-make-you-feel-and-above-all-to-make/) [Luis J. Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luis-j-rodr-guez/) > [ We \[people\] all need each other. Gangs do try to fill that void - but they can't do what healthy, balanced, and coherent families… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luis-j-rodr-guez/we-people-all-need-each-other-gangs-do-try-to-fill-that-void-but-they/) [Luis J. Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luis-j-rodr-guez/) > [I was arrested and put in murder's row. They were trying to get me for some murders I didn't do. They had me in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luis-j-rodr-guez/i-was-arrested-and-put-in-murder-s-row-they-were-trying-to-get-me-for/) [Luis J. Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luis-j-rodr-guez/) > [To go against gangs or drugs is meaningless unless this is mostly done by filling in the empties, the vacuums, and stop the neglect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luis-j-rodr-guez/to-go-against-gangs-or-drugs-is-meaningless-unless-this-is-mostly/) [Luis J. Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luis-j-rodr-guez/) > [“i'm sorry young man but the classes you chose are filled up.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luis-j-rodr-guez/i-m-sorry-young-man-but-the-classes-you-chose-are-filled-up/) [Luis J. Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luis-j-rodr-guez/) > [We need more leaders among our gente - more teachers, politicians, businesspeople, organizers, and such. Turn the energy that many young people are putting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luis-j-rodr-guez/we-need-more-leaders-among-our-gente-more-teachers-politicians/) [Luis J. Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luis-j-rodr-guez/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gang/luis-j-rodr-guez/#itemlist", "name": "6 Gang Quotes By Luis J. Rodríguez", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We [people] all need each other. Gangs do try to fill that void - but they can't do what healthy, balanced, and coherent families and communities can do. Let's strengthen our core relationships from the start - and all the way through a young person's life. 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