Carrie P. Meek Quotes

• If we were really tough on crime, we’d do more to stop it from happening in the first place.

  Carrie P. Meek

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Stop, Place

• America may be slow to rise to a challenge. But our history has shown that once we make up our minds to really do something, nothing can stand in our way.

  Carrie P. Meek

  Topics in America

  Tags in Nothing, Something

• If we were really tough on crime, we’d try to save our children from the desperation and deprivation that leave them primed for a life of crime.

  Carrie P. Meek

  Topics in Children

  Tags in Try, Tough

• Until we all start to take responsibility, until we do all we can to improve the character of our communities, we’ll never break the cycle of violence and indifference.

  Carrie P. Meek

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Character, Responsibility

• Let’s stop pretending we can arrest our way to safety and security. Despite all the fine work that policemen and women do, we have got to find other solutions to deter crime.

  Carrie P. Meek

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Women, Security

• Just about every year, Congress passes another crime bill – spending billions of dollars to build more prisons, to place more band-aids on society’s scars.

  Carrie P. Meek

  Topics in Society

  Tags in Another, Place

• We’ve got to stop focusing solely on the symptoms of crime, and start caring about the causes as well.

  Carrie P. Meek

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Caring, Symptoms

• You can’t put abandonment and alienation under arrest.

  Carrie P. Meek

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Alienation, Abandonment

• You see, you can’t put joblessness in a jail cell.

  Carrie P. Meek

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Jail

Carrie P. Meek (9)

Birth:	29th April, 1926
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Politician, Teacher

About

Carrie P. Meek was born in Tallahassee, Florida. She is an American politician from the U.S. state of Florida. She served in the United States House of Representatives from 1993 to 2003, representing Florida's 17th congressional district. She remained in north Florida for college and graduated from Florida A&M University in 1946. She received her M.S. degree in 1948. After graduation, she was hired as a teacher at Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach, Florida. She has received numerous awards and honors. She is the recipient of honorary doctor of laws degrees from the University of Miami, Florida A&M University, Barry University, Florida Atlantic University and Rollins College.

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