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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

If I had a nickel for every time I said "Why me?" I'd have probably said "Why me?" more often. ↗

— Tom Wilson

#every time #had #i #me #more

Community-based policing has now come to mean everything. It's a slogan. It has come to mean so many different things that people who endorse it, such as the Congress of the United States, do not know what they are talking about. ↗

— James Q. Wilson

#come #community-based #congress #different #different things

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

I think it's time for the people and the press, in particular, to be more vigilant about not giving equal weight to lies as they give the truth. ↗

— Joe Wilson

#equal #for the people #give #giving #i

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

The government serves the people - not vice-versa. ↗

— Joe Wilson

#people #serves

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