“A particular rule that seems to make sense in the individual case makes no sense when it is made a universal rule and applied to all cases. It makes no sense because it fails to take into account the connection between one broken window left untended and a thousand broken windows.” MadeSeemsIndividualLeftCasesFailingParticularBrokenThousandWindowConnectionsUniversalAccountsMake SenseBroken Windows Book:Thinking about Crime Source: Thinking about Crime
“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.” WellsIndividualCommunityBrokenOughtProtectWindowImportancePoliceIllnessPhysiciansMaintainingFosteringBroken Windows Book:On Character: Essays Source: On Character: Essays
“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.” MenWorldMindHumansMadePoliticalIndividualStageFrontsEnlightenmentAll ThingsMethodPreparedLegacyConsentScopeAmbiguousScientific MethodHuman Freedom Author:James Q. Wilson
