[in 1998] I know my political ideas affect what I write but I've tried to follow the facts wherever they land. Every… — James Q. Wilson Copy Share Image
We live in a world shaped by the ambiguous legacy of the Enlightenment...[it] enlarged the scope of human freedom, prepared our minds… — James Q. Wilson Copy Share Image
Many, if not most, of the difficulties we experience in dealing with government agencies arise from the agencies being part of a… — James Q. Wilson Copy Share Image
What most needs explanation is not why some people are criminals, but why most people are not. — James Q. Wilson Copy Share Image
I believe we ought to subsidize some health care for the poor, but Medicare subsidizes everyone's health care — James Q. Wilson Copy Share Image
Character is not the enemy of self-expression and personal freedom, it is their necessary precondition. — James Q. Wilson Copy Share Image
I believe that the high rates of property crime (and some of the increase in violent crime) are part of the price you pay… — James Q. Wilson Copy Share Image
I will have an administrative system where there is no way to extricate red tape. — James Q. Wilson Copy Share Image
In terms of other functions, we are making a mistake about insisting on a public school monopoly. — James Q. Wilson Copy Share Image
Community-based policing has now come to mean everything. It's a slogan. It has come to mean so many different things that people who endorse… — James Q. Wilson Copy Share Image
Public order is a fragile thing, and if you don't fix the first broken window, soon all the windows will be broken. — James Q. Wilson Copy Share Image
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