--- title: "13 Safe Streets Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 13 Safe Streets quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Safe Streets sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89d/al-n-green-5785_importance_because-student-safety-is-of-utmost-impo_2026360.jpg" --- > [Because student safety is of utmost importance, providing safe streets for them must be a priority.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-n-green/because-student-safety-is-of-utmost-importance-providing-safe-streets/) [Al N. Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-n-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89d/al-n-green-5785_importance_because-student-safety-is-of-utmost-impo_2026360.jpg) > [It's funny, but I always feel really safe on the streets of London. It's the most inspiring place to be in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-doherty/it-s-funny-but-i-always-feel-really-safe-on-the-streets-of-london-it/) [Pete Doherty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-doherty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3f/pete-doherty-3984_always_it-s-funny-but-i-always-feel-really-safe_601653.jpg) > [Everyone be safe and off the streets. Its a good time for quality time with fam or friends.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/everyone-be-safe-and-off-the-streets-its-a-good-time-for-quality-time/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76a/anonymous-1_friendship_everyone-be-safe-and-off-the-streets-its_1205072.jpg) > [You're a big boy, you ought to understand that punctual transport, public order and safe streets, polite people and good medical services…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sergei-lukyanenko/you-re-a-big-boy-you-ought-to-understand-that-punctual-transport/) [Sergei Lukyanenko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sergei-lukyanenko/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8d/sergei-lukyanenko-4246_achievement_you-re-a-big-boy-you-ought-to-understand_2739586.png) > [Young people need the serenity that comes from a stable home, safe streets, regular income, opportunities for travel and study, affordable transport,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luciana-berger/young-people-need-the-serenity-that-comes-from-a-stable-home-safe/) [Luciana Berger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luciana-berger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/896/luciana-berger-5722_education_young-people-need-the-serenity-that-come_2304584.jpg) > [“over one hundred years ago. The safe streets are dimly lit, the others not lit at all, but both represent a danger…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/morrissey/over-one-hundred-years-ago-the-safe-streets-are-dimly-lit-the-others/) [Morrissey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/morrissey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/875/morrissey-13740_danger_over-one-hundred-years-ago-the-safe-stre_2341706.jpg) > [“We live in forgotten Victorian knife-plunging Manchester, where everything lies wherever it was left over one hundred years ago. The safe streets…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/morrissey/we-live-in-forgotten-victorian-knife-plunging-manchester-where/) [Morrissey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/morrissey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb9/morrissey-13740_danger_we-live-in-forgotten-victorian-knife-plu_1565106.jpg) > [When we fall short of meeting community needs - for stable housing, safe streets, open space, reliable transportation, food access, a healthy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-wu/when-we-fall-short-of-meeting-community-needs-for-stable-housing-safe/) [Michelle Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-wu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f33/michelle-wu-5796_community_when-we-fall-short-of-meeting-community_3130187.jpg) > [It is a dangerous time to be a black woman in America. It’s a time when we are not safe in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pearl-cleage/it-is-a-dangerous-time-to-be-a-black-woman-in-america-it-s-a-time/) [Pearl Cleage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pearl-cleage/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfa/pearl-cleage-10395_able_it-is-a-dangerous-time-to-be-a-black-wom_56532.jpg) > [For nearly five years, I worked with Marquette University Law School and helped to administrate a community crime prevention initiative called Safe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-johnson/for-nearly-five-years-i-worked-with-marquette-university-law-school/) [Ron Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bbd/ron-johnson-4283_community_for-nearly-five-years-i-worked-with-marq_904429.jpg) > [As a rule, dictatorships guarantee safe streets and terror of the doorbell. In democracy the streets may be unsafe after dark, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-michnik/as-a-rule-dictatorships-guarantee-safe-streets-and-terror-of-the/) [Adam Michnik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-michnik/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c29/adam-michnik-18668_dark_as-a-rule-dictatorships-guarantee-safe-s_97227.png) > [Let's think about Mexican streets: they're unsafe because of violence, so people stay at home. Does that make streets more or less…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emiliano-salinas/let-s-think-about-mexican-streets-they-re-unsafe-because-of-violence/) [Emiliano Salinas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emiliano-salinas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ded/emiliano-salinas-64331_about_let-s-think-about-mexican-streets-they-r_2440999.png) > [The surest path to safe streets and peaceful communities is not more police and prisons, but ecologically sounds economic development. And that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/the-surest-path-to-safe-streets-and-peaceful-communities-is-not-more/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0fa/van-jones-984_climate_the-surest-path-to-safe-streets-and-peac_3117724.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/safe-streets/#itemlist", "name": "Safe Streets Quotes", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Because student safety is of utmost importance, providing safe streets for them must be a priority.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Al N. 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