Author: James Q. Wilson

Quotes

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

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

Crime is the price society pays for abandoning character.

Crime is the price society pays for abandoning character.

- 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

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

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