There are no more liberals Theyve all been mugged.

- James Q. Wilson

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

- James Q. Wilson

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…

- James Q. Wilson

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

- James Q. Wilson

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 …

- James Q. Wilson

Window-breaking does not necessarily occur on a large scale because some areas are inhabited by determined window-breakers whereas others are populat…

- James Q. Wilson

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

- James Q. Wilson

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…

- James Q. Wilson

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

- James Q. Wilson