Police ought to protect communities as well as individuals.... Just as physicians now recognize the importance of fostering health rather than simply treating illness, so the police - and the rest of us - ought to recognize the importance of maintaining, intact, communities without broken windows.

There aren't any liberals left in New York. They've all been mugged by now.

Boys are more likely to develop a masculine personality and acquire strong moral standards when they have a loving and nurturant rather than a threatening or fear-inspiring father.

Crime is the price society pays for abandoning character.

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

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

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.