Ceremony Quote by Luis J. Rodriguez

Gangs exist when there are lots of empties in a person, in family, in community. It points out how we need to do more…

— Luis J. Rodriguez

I believe that I understand gangs better than others. Because they're formed out of necessity. They're formed by people to keep from being suppressed.

— Jack Bowman

In the '60s and '70s, people didn't pay a lot of attention to gangs. I think gangs still existed, but gangs had fallen out…

— Meda Chesney-Lind

The truth is that those who join gangs - more often than not they are young men in their later teens - often do…

— Chris Grayling

I came to the U.S. to have opportunities. I saw a lot of people in gangs. I just didn't understand that - you live…

— apl.de.ap

I never got into the gangs. Gangs are for followers.

— Edgerrin James

I think we all understand, for the most part, the mentality of gangs and how gangs get formed and the tribalism of it all.…

— Mike Faist

What I want to know, though, is why all of a sudden is everybody acting like gangs are some new phenomenon in this country?…

— Tupac Shakur

Gangs are formed by kids who want love.

— Charlie Murphy

Gang members have invariably grown up in broken, chaotic homes, often experiencing domestic violence; they have truanted from school and many have been formally…

— Iain Duncan Smith

We [people] all need each other. Gangs do try to fill that void - but they can't do what healthy, balanced, and coherent families…

— Luis J. Rodriguez

Gangs are bastions of conditional love, and one of the ways to counteract it is to offer community, which will always trump gang, and…

— Greg Boyle