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

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

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

There is no way the American public will sit still for the banning of or putting any significant restrictions on the kinds of guns they want.

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.

Broken Window Theory: Consider a building with a few broken windows. If the windows are not repaired, the tendency is for vandals to break a few more windows. Eventually, they may even break into the building, and if it's unoccupied, perhaps become squatters or light fires inside. Or consider a sidewalk. Some litter accumulates. Soon, more litter accumulates. Eventually, people even start leaving bags of trash from take-out restaurants there or even break into cars.

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