If a radical devolution of powers was possible, it would have been done before. The assumption of states' rights is gone. There's no support for it i….

The great achievement of Western culture since the Enlightenment is to make many of us peer over the wall and grant some respect to people outside it….

Some people suggest that the problem is the separation of powers. If you had a parliamentary system, the struggle for power would not result in such ….

Many Americans have lost confidence in the way our criminal courts assess guilt and innocence. Whatever one thinks of the verdicts, the recent trials….

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

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

The most remarkable change in the moral history of mankind has been the rise - and occasionally the application - of the view that all people, and no….

There are no more liberals Theyve all been mugged..

Police ought to protect communities as well as individuals.... Just as physicians now recognize the importance of fostering health rather than simply….

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

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

[in 1998] I know my political ideas affect what I write but I've tried to follow the facts wherever they land. Every topic I've written about begins ….

Boys are more likely to develop a masculine personality and acquire strong moral standards when they have a loving and nurturant rather than a threat….

Many, if not most, of the difficulties we experience in dealing with government agencies arise from the agencies being part of a fragmented and open ….

I will have an administrative system where there is no way to extricate red tape..

Broken Window Theory: Consider a building with a few broken windows. If the windows are not repaired, the tendency is for vandals to break a few more….

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

During the 1960s, one neighborhood in San Francisco had the lowest income, the highest unemployment rate, the highest proportion of families with inc….

We live in a world shaped by the ambiguous legacy of the Enlightenment...[it] enlarged the scope of human freedom, prepared our minds for the scienti….

The selection process has been powerful enough to produce one indisputable outcome: the family is a universal human institution. . . . In virtually e….

It's no surprise that academics in this country have been generally suspicious of business or that in a time like this, when general public confidenc….