Greg Boyle

No kid is seeking anything when he joins a gang; he's always fleeing something. He's not being pulled; he's being pushed by the circumstances in which he finds himself. ”

The power of community policing is in the relationship. This can happen only if an officer sticks around for a while. ”

We need a pope to usher in a new era of inclusion, the end of a sinful clericalism, and a strong sense of duty to those on society's margins. The 1 billion faithful long for a leader who is fearless and driven - not by terror but by love. ”

I love movies. ”

I know two L.A.s. Half my life was around the house my folks had for 46 years at 3rd and Norton. The other half was in Boyle Heights on the Eastside, working with gang members. ”

I wouldn't trade my life for anybody's. ”

The wrong idea has taken root in the world. And the idea is this: there just might be lives out there that matter less than other lives. ”

Me wanting a gang member to have a different life would never be the same as that gang member wanting to have one. ”

I do believe in lessons learned. I have learned that you work with gang members and not with gangs; otherwise, you enforce the cohesion of gangs and supply them oxygen. ”

The powers, conditions, and desires that propel Mexicans and Central Americans into this country are so fundamental, so vast, that no action, legislative or other-wise, can discourage this flight. ”