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title: "20 Reduce Crime Quotes by 18 authors"
description: "Browse 20 Reduce Crime quotes by 18 authors. Discover the best Reduce Crime sayings and thoughts."
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> [There's no evidence that I'm aware of that guns reduce crime.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-dershowitz/there-s-no-evidence-that-i-m-aware-of-that-guns-reduce-crime/)

[Alan Dershowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-dershowitz/)

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> [I'm the only woman who can walk in Central Park at night... and reduce the crime rate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-diller/i-m-the-only-woman-who-can-walk-in-central-park-at-night-and-reduce/)

[Phyllis Diller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-diller/)

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> [We can play politics, or we can reduce crime.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-scott/we-can-play-politics-or-we-can-reduce-crime/)

[Bobby Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-scott/)

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> [You don't reduce crime by taking away guns from law-abiding citizens.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-greitens/you-don-t-reduce-crime-by-taking-away-guns-from-law-abiding-citizens/)

[Eric Greitens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-greitens/)

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> [Surveillance cameras might reduce crime - even though the evidence here is mixed - but no studies show that they result in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evgeny-morozov/surveillance-cameras-might-reduce-crime-even-though-the-evidence-here/)

[Evgeny Morozov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evgeny-morozov/)

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> [Keeping them behind bars does little to reduce crime, but it does a lot to tear apart families, our prisons and our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-clinton/keeping-them-behind-bars-does-little-to-reduce-crime-but-it-does-a/)

[Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hillary-clinton/)

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> [It takes a long, hard effort and sustained determination to reduce crime. We will stay the course and we are confident that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-johnson/it-takes-a-long-hard-effort-and-sustained-determination-to-reduce/)

[Jack Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-johnson/)

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> [One way to reduce crime and save lives is to target criminals who use guns with tough mandatory minimums.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-trump/one-way-to-reduce-crime-and-save-lives-is-to-target-criminals-who-use/)

[Donald Trump](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-trump/)

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> [A large part of crime is economics - if people are working and and have a home and family to support, then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/a-large-part-of-crime-is-economics-if-people-are-working-and-and-have/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Hopelessness is the seed of crime. If every man had a goal and some hope for reaching it, we could really reduce…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johnny-paycheck/hopelessness-is-the-seed-of-crime-if-every-man-had-a-goal-and-some/)

[Johnny Paycheck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johnny-paycheck/)

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> [In the housing projects, people talked of ways to reduce crime, relieve overcrowding, and they were good ideas that we plan to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-byrne/in-the-housing-projects-people-talked-of-ways-to-reduce-crime-relieve/)

[Jane Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-byrne/)

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> [I do know that it's true that if you wanted to reduce crime, you could - if that were your sole purpose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-bennett/i-do-know-that-it-s-true-that-if-you-wanted-to-reduce-crime-you-could/)

[William Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-bennett/)

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> [Passing a law like the assault weapons ban is a symbolic - purely symbolic - move in that direction. Its only real…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-krauthammer/passing-a-law-like-the-assault-weapons-ban-is-a-symbolic-purely/)

[Charles Krauthammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-krauthammer/)

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> [My earnest hope is that what we started in terms of building partnerships with communities across America will continue, that we will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-reno/my-earnest-hope-is-that-what-we-started-in-terms-of-building/)

[Janet Reno](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-reno/)

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> [Rather than following through on the proven crime and violence prevention techniques that work, we are back to tough-talking sound byte policies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bobby-scott/rather-than-following-through-on-the-proven-crime-and-violence/)

[Bobby Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bobby-scott/)

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> [Legalizing drugs would simultaneously reduce the amount of crime and raise the quality of law enforcement. Can you conceive of any other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milton-friedman/legalizing-drugs-would-simultaneously-reduce-the-amount-of-crime-and/)

[Milton Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milton-friedman/)

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> [Discovering how to spend leisure time well, especially during a time of austerity, could be as important in the effort to reduce…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hough/discovering-how-to-spend-leisure-time-well-especially-during-a-time/)

[Stephen Hough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-hough/)

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> [Safety and justice will go hand in hand as we work with police officers to reduce crime and create a department of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zohran-mamdani/safety-and-justice-will-go-hand-in-hand-as-we-work-with-police/)

[Zohran Mamdani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zohran-mamdani/)

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> [Our emphasis here is based not only on the growing seriousness of drug-related crimes, but also on the belief that relieving our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milton-friedman/our-emphasis-here-is-based-not-only-on-the-growing-seriousness-of/)

[Milton Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milton-friedman/)

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> [Given my experience, I believe there are three compelling reasons why the death penalty should be replaced. (1) The criminal justice system…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-gascon/given-my-experience-i-believe-there-are-three-compelling-reasons-why/)

[George Gascon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-gascon/)

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