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" A government without the power of defense! It is a solecism. "
James Q. Wilson
Government
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" 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. "
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" Without Liberty, Law loses its nature and its name, and becomes oppression. Without Law, Liberty also loses its nature and its name, and becomes licentiousness. "
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" 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 in the Supreme Court and there's no support for it in public opinion. "
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" I will have an administrative system where there is no way to extricate red tape. "
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" 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 complex peace treaties that empower so many different people to pursue so many contradictory aims. "
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" But no one has yet succeeded in reducing the size or scope of the federal government. "
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" In terms of other functions, we are making a mistake about insisting on a public school monopoly. "
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" I mean that the function of the police is to solve problems that have law-enforcement consequences in a way that is based on a genuine partnership with the neighborhood in both the venting of the problem and the discussion of the solution. "
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" I believe we ought to subsidize some health care for the poor, but Medicare subsidizes everyone's health care. "
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" Crime is the price society pays for abandoning character. "
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