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

Four innate sentiments dispose people to a universal moral sense. These are sympathy, fairness, self-control and duty.

One unrepaired broken window is a signal that no one cares, and so breaking more windows costs nothing.

Public order is a fragile thing, and if you don't fix the first broken window, soon all the windows will be broken.

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.

In terms of other functions, we are making a mistake about insisting on a public school monopoly.

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

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

Crime is the price society pays for abandoning character.

What most needs explanation is not why some people are criminals, but why most people are not.

There are no more liberals Theyve all been mugged.

Cordelia! stay a little. Ha! What is't thou say'st? Her voice was ever soft.

The truth is outside of all fixed patterns.

Don't forget that you are the product of a culture that went stark raving mad about ten thousand years ago. Adjust your thinking accordingly.

I have been saying and writing for so many years that one sentence can encapsulate the totality of life, of existence, of being: Infinite love is the only truth-everything else is Illusion.

India wants to avoid a war at all costs but it is not a one-sided affair, you cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.

Did you love well what you very soon left? Come home and take me in your arms and take away this stomach ache, headache, heartache.

You must not allow yourself to be advised, cautioned, influenced, persuaded

No ride is ever the last one. No horse is ever the last one you will have. Somehow there will always be other horses, other places to ride them.

I have seen great jazz musicians die obscure and drinking themselves to death and not really being able to get any work and working in small, funky jazz clubs.

I think the word 'pregnant' is funny.