#si

Unlike many graduate fellowships, the Rhodes seeks leaders who will 'fight the world's fight.' They must be more than mere bookworms. We are looking for students who wonder, students who are reading widely, students of passion who are driven to make a difference in the lives of those around them and in the broader world. ↗

— Heather Wilson

#broader #difference #driven #fight #graduate

But no one has yet succeeded in reducing the size or scope of the federal government. ↗

— James Q. Wilson

#federal #federal government #reducing #scope #size

I believe we ought to subsidize some health care for the poor, but Medicare subsidizes everyone's health care. ↗

— James Q. Wilson

#care #everyone #health #health care #i

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. ↗

— James Q. Wilson

#both #consequences #discussion #function #genuine

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. ↗

— James Q. Wilson

#been #before #court #done #gone

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

— James Q. Wilson

#functions #insisting #making #mistake #monopoly

No longer is there a quest for the truth so much as there is this apparent need to present both sides of an issue even if one is nothing but lies and distortions. ↗

— Joe Wilson

#both #both sides #distortions #even #issue

Industry now should become a full partner of government in supporting longrange basic research. ↗

— Kenneth G. Wilson

#basic research #become #full #government #industry

My father was on the faculty in the Chemistry Department of Harvard University; my mother had one year of graduate work in physics before her marriage. ↗

— Kenneth G. Wilson

#before #chemistry #department #faculty #father

I got sick and tired of my lady wearing ugly underwear to bed, so I turned to the Internet. ↗

— John Wilson

#got #i #internet #lady #sick