I find that people want aggressive policing if they as a community feel they are part of it. They don't want aggressive policing if they feel it's being imposed upon them and they are a target.
Loretta LynchRead
What we must not do - what we must never do - is turn on our neighbors, our family members, our fellow Americans, for something they cannot control, and deny what makes them human.
Interpretation
What this quote means
We should never turn against those close to us for circumstances beyond their control.
In this quote, Loretta Lynch emphasizes the importance of compassion and understanding in our relationships, particularly during challenging times. She urges us to avoid casting aside our loved ones due to situations they cannot change and highlights the fundamental humanity that connects us all, regardless of our differences or challenges.
Themes
CompassionHumanityUnderstandingRelationshipsCommunity
In practice
Example use cases
In a speech about community support during tough times.
More from Loretta Lynch
All quotes →Almost one in three Americans has had some contact with the criminal justice system. When you reach that saturation point, people begin to understand, in a very visceral way, the difficulties of reentry.
Loretta LynchRead
Often, we do not know where our choices will take us. This is why the best choices are often made based not on what they can bring to us, but what they will allow us to bring to others.
Loretta LynchRead
What I have realized is I cannot guarantee the absence of discrimination or hatred or prejudice, but I can guarantee the presence of justice.
Loretta LynchRead
The power to arrest - to deprive a citizen of liberty - must be used fairly, responsibly, and without bias.
Loretta LynchRead
Whether it is tribalism, racism, xenophobia, or anti-Muslim backlash we're talking about, we spend so much time and energy fighting ways to divide ourselves from others.
Loretta LynchRead
Similar quotes
Well, I've been waiting, I was sure we'd meet between the trains we're waiting for I think it's time to board another Please understand, I never had a secret chart to get me to the heart of this or any other matter
Leonard CohenRead
I think we look for the differences in people because it makes us less lonely.
Carson MccullersRead
As the world is getting smaller, it becomes more and more important that we learn each other's dance moves, that we meet each other, we get to know each other, we are able to figure out a way to cross borders, to understand each other, to understand people's hopes and dreams, what makes them laugh and cry.
Jehane NoujaimRead
We might have to broaden our scope of how we think about where women are vulnerable, because different things make different women vulnerable.
Kimberle Williams CrenshawRead
Woman is the dominant sex. Men have to do all sorts of stuff to prove that they are worthy of woman's attention.
Camille PagliaRead
[Y]ou [man] are fool enough, it seems, to dare to war with [woman=] me, when for your faithful ally you might win me easily.
AristophanesRead