Author: James Q. Wilson

Quotes

Crime is the price society pays for abandoning character.

Crime is the price society pays for abandoning character.

- James Q. Wilson

Without Liberty, Law loses its nature and its name, and becomes oppression. Without Law, Liberty also loses its nature and its name, and becomes licentiousness.

Without Liberty, Law loses its nature and its name, and becomes oppression. Without Law, Liberty also loses its nature and its name, and becomes licentiousness.

- James Q. Wilson

I believe we ought to subsidize some health care for the poor, but Medicare subsidizes everyone's health care.

I believe we ought to subsidize some health care for the poor, but Medicare subsidizes everyone's health care.

- James Q. Wilson

I believe that the high rates of property crime (and some of the increase in violent crime) are part of the price you pay for freedom.

I believe that the high rates of property crime (and some of the increase in violent crime) are part of the price you pay for freedom.

- James Q. Wilson

A government without the power of defense! It is a solecism.

A government without the power of defense! It is a solecism.

- James Q. Wilson

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