Gang Quotes

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  The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Inspirational, Success, Leadership

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• The speed of the leader is the speed of the gang.

  Mary Kay Ash

  Leadership, Leader, Speed

  Mary Kay Ash (2009). “The Mary Kay Way: Timeless Principles from America's Greatest Woman Entrepreneur”, p.73, John Wiley & Sons

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• The border between the Real and the Unreal is not fixed, but just marks the last place where rival gangs of shamans fought each other to a standstill.

  Robert Anton Wilson

  Real, Borders, Rivals

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• Gangs are a group reaction to helplessness.

  Jesse Jackson

  Groups, Youth, Reactions

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• Every city in the world always has a gang, a street gang, or the so-called outcasts.

  Jimi Hendrix

  Cities, World, Outcast

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• Before i was jumped in i remember Lucky telling us how being in a gang was like having a second family... a family who would be there when your own family wasn't. They would offer protection and security. It sounded perfect to a kid who'd lost his father.

  Simone Elkeles

  Father, Kids, Perfect

  Simone Elkeles (2011). “Perfect Chemistry”, p.145, Simon and Schuster

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• Liberals force lower middle-class families, who love their children, to dispatch them to ghetto schools dominated by gangs of fatherless boys bearing knives.

  George Gilder

  Children, Ghetto, School

  George Gilder (2012). “Wealth and Poverty: A New Edition for the Twenty-First Century”, p.132, Regnery Publishing

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• It's so easy for a kid to join a gang, to do drugs. We should make it that easy to be involved in football and academics.

  Snoop Dogg

  Football, Kids, Drug

  "Welcome to Britain, Mr Dogg: rapper is less gangsta, more pussycat, judge rules" by Rachel Williams, www.theguardian.com. April 24, 2008.

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• But sports carried me away from being in a gang, or being associated with drugs. Sports was my way out.

  LeBron James

  Sports, Drug, Way

  Interview with Larry King, www.cnn.com. June 2, 2010.

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• Gang violence in America is not a sudden problem. It has been a part of urban life for years, offering an aggressive definition and identity to those seeking a place to belong in the chaos of large metropolitan areas.

  Dave Reichert

  Offering, Years, America

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• A team is where a boy can prove his courage on his own. A gang is where a coward goes to hide.

  Mickey Mantle

  Teamwork, Sports, Baseball

  Mickey Mantle (1964). “The Quality of Courage”, p.90, U of Nebraska Press

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• We need to send a clear message to gang members that violent crime will not be tolerated.

  Tim Bishop

  Gang Members, Needs, Messages

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• Drug prohibition has caused gang warfare and other violent crimes by raising the prices of drugs so much that vicious criminals enter the market to make astronomical profits, and addicts rob and steal to get money to pay the inflated prices for their drugs.

  Michael Badnarik

  Humor, Marijuana Prohibition, Alcohol

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• There are two types of Chinese growing up in America. One is the kind that does really well in school, with thick, thick glasses. And the other is involved with the gangs.

  Donnie Yen

  Growing Up, School, Two

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• Also, I preached to gangs on the streets of Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx - and miracles began to happen.

  David Wilkerson

  Miracle, Manhattan, Brooklyn

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• Unfortunately, my district like many others across the country has a problem with gangs, which is why I introduced this amendment

  Bob Filner

  Country, Problem, Amendments

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• Three thousand jurisdictions across the U.S. are estimated to have had gang activity in 2001. In 2002, 32% of cities with a population of 25 to 50 thousand reported a gang-related homicide.

  Bob Filner

  Cities, Population, Three

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• The peace and justice movement has to expand and not run away from the plight of gang members.

  Tom Hayden

  Running, Gang Members, Justice

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• However, don't let these statistics mislead you, gang violence is not limited to California and or big urban areas - that might have been true a while ago but it is no longer the case today.

  Bob Filner

  California, Statistics, Might

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• I love attention. If I see a gang of girls? That makes me dance even more!

  Chris Brown

  Girl, Attention, Ifs

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• Where I come from, a lot of people didn't have money, but they didn't have gangs or drugs either.

  Kristin Davis

  People, Drug

  "Charlotte's web" by Barbara Ellen, www.theguardian.com. February 9, 2002.

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• People are more violently opposed to fur than leather because it's safer to harass rich women than motorcycle gangs.

  Alexei Sayle

  Motorcycle Gangs, People, Riding

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• I'm not different for the sake of being different, only for the desperate sake of being myself. I can't join your gang: you'd think I was a phony and I'd know it.

  Vivian Stanshall

  Thinking, Being Different, Sake

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• In fact, street gangs are the primary distributor of illegal drugs in the United States.

  Dave Reichert

  Drug, United States, Facts

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• What a lot of people dont realize about gangs, in my opinion, is that a gang is not there to attack you. Eighty percent of the people in a gang are there to stop anyone from attacking them. You join a gang for protection, not to go out and hit someone.

  Michael Caine

  People, Opinion, Realizing

  Interview with Sean O'Neal, film.avclub.com. April 30, 2010.

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