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.

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.

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.

In the long run, the public interest depends on private virtue.

We all have a sea inside us

When you invite Jesus Christ into your life and embrace his command, Satan receives an eviction notice. Romans 10:9

You're always cursing, you're always praying and you're always making love. It ain't do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do.

Activity and sadness are incompatible.

The look that passes between Jeffrey and Kimber right then feels like it requires a swell of cheesy music in the background. Aw, I think. Baby brother's in love. I also find this kind of gross.

Every reiteration of the idea that nothing matters debases the human spirit.

I have no skeletons in my closet.

And a utility belt! I'm like an asthmatic Batman!

Even though you've given up a past it hasn't given you up. It comes uninvited - and sometimes half welcome.