It's no surprise that academics in this country have been generally suspicious of business or that in a time like this, when general public confidence in the corporation has fallen, the expressions of hostility grow sharper.
James Q. WilsonIn terms of other functions, we are making a mistake about insisting on a public school monopoly.
James Q. WilsonFour innate sentiments dispose people to a universal moral sense. These are sympathy, fairness, self-control and duty.
James Q. WilsonMany Americans have lost confidence in the way our criminal courts assess guilt and innocence. Whatever one thinks of the verdicts, the recent trials of O.J. Simpson, Erik and Lyle Menendez, and various defendants in preschool molestation cases have been lengthy, lawyer-dominated soap operas in which the search for truth has been subordinated to the manipulation of procedures.
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