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 not just one's own kind, are entitled to fair treatment.

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.

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.

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

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

What most needs explanation is not why some people are criminals, but why most people are not.

Character is not the enemy of self-expression and personal freedom, it is their necessary precondition.