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Instead of spending the time and the money and the manpower on the front end, when children first transgress - and when they can be helped and guided and set straight - we are waiting and waiting and doing nothing, until it is too late, and they commit crimes so serious that all society wants to do is punish instead of rehabilitate.
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Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
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Edward Humes is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and non-fiction writer.
Known for:
Garbology: Our Dirty Love Affair with Trash
No Matter How Loud I Shout
Monkey Girl
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