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title: "2 Punish Quotes By Edward Humes"
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> [Instead of spending the time and the money and the manpower on the front end, when children first transgress - and when they can be helped and guided and set straight - we are waiting and waiting and doing nothing,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-humes/instead-of-spending-the-time-and-the-money-and-the-manpower-on-the/)

[Edward Humes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-humes/)

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> [“we are waiting and waiting and doing nothing, until it is too late, and they commit crimes so serious that all society wants to do is punish instead of rehabilitate.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-humes/we-are-waiting-and-waiting-and-doing-nothing-until-it-is-too-late-and/)

[Edward Humes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-humes/)

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## More by Edward Humes

> [“from a child in danger to a dangerous child”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-humes/from-a-child-in-danger-to-a-dangerous-child/)

[Edward Humes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-humes/)

> [Instead of spending the time and the money and the manpower on the front end, when children first transgress - and when they can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-humes/instead-of-spending-the-time-and-the-money-and-the-manpower-on-the/)

[Edward Humes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-humes/)

> [“we are waiting and waiting and doing nothing, until it is too late, and they commit crimes so serious that all society wants to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-humes/we-are-waiting-and-waiting-and-doing-nothing-until-it-is-too-late-and/)

[Edward Humes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-humes/)

> [“Americans make more trash than anyone else on the planet, throwing away about 7.1 pounds per person per day, 365 days a year. Across…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-humes/americans-make-more-trash-than-anyone-else-on-the-planet-throwing/)

[Edward Humes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-humes/)

> [“These kids are already hard. They don't need to be made harder. The issue is softening them up. They need to learn how to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-humes/these-kids-are-already-hard-they-don-t-need-to-be-made-harder-the/)

[Edward Humes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-humes/)

> [“the fundamental question Juvenile Court was designed to ask - What's the best way to deal with this individual kid? - is often lost…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-humes/the-fundamental-question-juvenile-court-was-designed-to-ask-what-s/)

[Edward Humes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-humes/)

> [“There are, in short, a multitude of ways for trash to escape and plastic to go missing. But there is only one ultimate end…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-humes/there-are-in-short-a-multitude-of-ways-for-trash-to-escape-and/)

[Edward Humes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-humes/)

> [There are two theories of evolution. There is the genuine scientific theory; and there is the talk-radio pretend version, designed not to enlighten but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-humes/there-are-two-theories-of-evolution-there-is-the-genuine-scientific/)

[Edward Humes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-humes/)

> [“Take a trip in my mind see all that I've seen, and you'd be called a beast, not a human being... Fuck it, cause…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-humes/take-a-trip-in-my-mind-see-all-that-i-ve-seen-and-you-d-be-called-a/)

[Edward Humes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-humes/)

> [“(By contrast, 15 percent of Pennsylvania is publicly owned lands, as is 44 percent of California, 68 percent of Idaho, and more than 90 percent of Alaska.) In”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-humes/by-contrast-15-percent-of-pennsylvania-is-publicly-owned-lands-as-is/)

[Edward Humes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-humes/)

> [“Is it always in the interest of the public safety to seek the prosecutor's traditional solution -- the harshest penalty possible? Or is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-humes/is-it-always-in-the-interest-of-the-public-safety-to-seek-the/)

[Edward Humes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-humes/)

> [“Officially, he was no longer a victim, he was a criminal”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-humes/officially-he-was-no-longer-a-victim-he-was-a-criminal/)

[Edward Humes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-humes/)

> [“He wants to tell her that he is not hopeless, that he is not filled with hatred or violence, that he is not a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-humes/he-wants-to-tell-her-that-he-is-not-hopeless-that-he-is-not-filled/)

[Edward Humes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-humes/)

> [“It's not like they can take anything from me,' he says later, back with his homeboys in Juvenile Hall. 'Ain't got nothing to give.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-humes/it-s-not-like-they-can-take-anything-from-me-he-says-later-back-with/)

[Edward Humes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-humes/)

> [“Average household credit card debt topped the landmark of $10,000 in 2006, a hundredfold increase over the average consumer debt in the 1960s. One…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-humes/average-household-credit-card-debt-topped-the-landmark-of-10-000-in/)

[Edward Humes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-humes/)

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