Children Quote by Kerry Kennedy

We must, therefore, quit our roles as jailers and instead take care to prepare an environment in which we do as little as possible…

— Maria Montessori

“I say haven’t we had enough of just tossing our children in jail? Make them do community service, I say!”

— Jacquel Chrissy May

We owe our children – the most vulnerable citizens in any society – a life free from violence and fear.

— Nelson Mandela

We improved the environment in which our children live, learn and play by decreasing crime and clamping down on abuse and violence in the…

— Jane D. Hull

If we were really tough on crime, we'd try to save our children from the desperation and deprivation that leave them primed for a…

— Carrie P. Meek

I got a way to get through to kids. I try to take that and use that to my advantage. If we work on…

— Flavor Flav

Kids are growing up in communities in which they see their loved ones cycling in and out of prison and in which they are…

— Michelle Alexander

We all have an obligation to pass on a better environment to our kids.

— Andrew Scheer

Instead of spending the time and the money and the manpower on the front end, when children first transgress - and when they can…

— Edward Humes

For children, the era of mass incarceration has meant a tremendous amount of family separation, broken homes, poverty, and a far, far greater level…

— Michelle Alexander

We long to have a home where civil freedoms are respected, where our children will not be subject to mass surveillance, abuse of human…

— Joshua Wong

Our children deserve neither status quo policing policies nor an environment of vitriolic rhetoric toward those who protect and serve. They deserve a holistic…

— Wes Moore