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

We live in a world shaped by the ambiguous legacy of the Enlightenment...[it] enlarged the scope of human freedom, prepared our minds for the scientific method, made man the measure of all things, and placed individual consent front and center on the political stage.

Four innate sentiments dispose people to a universal moral sense. These are sympathy, fairness, self-control and duty.

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

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

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

Window-breaking does not necessarily occur on a large scale because some areas are inhabited by determined window-breakers whereas others are populated by window-lovers; rather, one unrepaired broken window is a signal that no one cares, and so breaking more windows costs nothing.