James Q. Wilson Quotes:
Ocupation: Academic
Life: May 27, 1931 - March 2, 2012
Birthday: May 27
Death: March 2
Arresting a single drunk or a single vagrant who has harmed no identifiable person seems unjust, and in a sense it is. But failing to do anything about a score of drunks or a hundred vagrants may destroy an entire community.
source: James Q. Wilson (1995). “On Character: Essays”, p.132, American Enterprise Institute
topic: Drunk, Community, Unjust, Vagrants, Arresting
