Educational romanticism asks too much from students at the bottom of the intellectual pile, asks the wrong things from those in the… — Charles A. Murray Copy Share Image
We believe that human happiness requires freedom and that freedom requires limited government. — Charles A. Murray Copy Share Image
The most troubling aspect of social policy towards the poor in late 20th century America is or how much it costs, but what it… — Charles A. Murray Copy Share Image
Illegitimacy is the single most important social problem of our time - more important than crime, drugs, poverty, illiteracy, welfare or homelessness because it… — Charles A. Murray Copy Share Image
We tried to provide more for the poor and produced more poor instead. We tried to remove the barriers to escape poverty, and inadvertently… — Charles A. Murray Copy Share Image
The welfare state is an enemy of private property. The excessive taxation used to support the welfare state is extremely dangerous. — Charles A. Murray Copy Share Image
The reason welfare is bad is not because it costs too much, nor because it "undermines the work ethic," but because it is intrinsically… — Charles A. Murray Copy Share Image
The United States Congress, acting with large bipartisan majorities, at the urging of the President, enacted as the law of the land that all… — Charles A. Murray Copy Share Image
Educational romanticism asks too much from students at the bottom of the intellectual pile, asks the wrong things from those in the middle, and… — Charles A. Murray Copy Share Image
What a racially segregated system once taught the young black about living with his inferiority is now taught by a benevolent social welfare system.… — Charles A. Murray Copy Share Image
When life becomes an extended picnic, with nothing of importance to do, ideas of greatness become an irritant. Such is the nature of the… — Charles A. Murray Copy Share Image
The government can back up its tastes and beliefs with the police power. That is why it cannot be permitted tastes and beliefs. Most… — Charles A. Murray Copy Share Image
