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James Q. Wilson

"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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"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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"I am looking forward to a series of productive meetings in both Austria and Estonia, particularly what role organized crime plays in the Baltic drug trade."

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"But in my district I have heard from law enforcement officials and across the State of Florida about how much this JAG funding helps them fight crime, and to protect and serve the citizens within their jurisdiction."

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"As governor, there isn't a lot I can do beyond that to crack down on crime. Law enforcement is really a local issue. It's the cops' job to tighten down on criminals."

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"I've been very clear. I won. I didn't commit the crime."

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"We also have to stop the flow of precursor chemicals that meth cooks use to boil up this poison."

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"Where it is a duty to worship the sun it is pretty sure to be a crime to examine the laws of heat."

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"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."
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"A government without the power of defense! It is a solecism."
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