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

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

But no one has yet succeeded in reducing the size or scope of the federal government.

But no one has yet succeeded in reducing the size or scope of the federal government.

- 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

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

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