There aren't any liberals left in New York. They've all been mugged by now.

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.

Endeavor for greatness, venture for the sake of the heart.

Don't underestimate the poor, because his soul treasures to Phoenix of Wits

It's wonderful to meet so many friends that I didn't used to like.

I don't take a day off. I don't slack. All I know is hard-nose football. There ain't no breaks or vacations for me.

Whether our efforts are, or not, favored by life, let us be able to say, when we come near to the great goal, I have done what I could.

Everyone's politics are born of self-interest, particularly around sexuality. We just have to own up to that.

That most dangerous of opponents: the one who took pains to comprehend the position of his adversary.

Religion should not only comfort us when we are disturbed; it should also disturb us when we are comfortable.

Religion [is] the universal obsessional neurosis of humanity

Probably the last man who knew how it worked had been tortured to death years before. Or as soon as it was installed. Killing the creator was a traditional method of patent-protection.