Adults Quote by Edgar Friedenberg

“I told you that 'juvenile delinquent' is a contradiction in terms. 'Delinquent' means 'failing in duty.' But duty is an adult virtue—indeed a juvenile…

— Robert A. Heinlein

Juvenile delinquency would disappear if kids followed their parent's advice instead of their example.

— Anonymous

For the kids, who in their lives have never known the slightest power, delinquency is a way of looking for power.

— Alma Guillermoprieto

I was invited to a luncheon with 49 other women to give my opinions about the problematic situation among young people. They wanted me…

— Eartha Kitt

One reason there are so many juvenile delinquents today is that their parents didn't burn their britches behind them.

— Anonymous

My father kept me busy from dawn to dusk when I was a kid. When I wasn't pitching hay, hauling corn or running a…

— Bob Feller

There is but one way to eliminate juvenile delinquency - that is by providing each child in America with competent parents.

— J. Edgar Hoover

“That's all life is kiddo. When you've had enough contributions to your delinquency, then you're officially an adult.”

— John Corwin

I want audiences to look at adolescent delinquents with greater understanding and more compassion.

— Emmanuelle Bercot

Adults had the notion that juveniles needed to suffer. Only when they had suffered enough to wipe out most of their naturally joyous spirits…

— Piers Anthony

I think it's important for us as a society to remember that the youth within juvenile justice systems are, most of the time, youths…

— Q'orianka Kilcher

Juvenile justice is probably the area that's most ripe for reform, in the nice liberal sense of the word, simply because there's no getting…

— Robert Sapolsky