What most needs explanation is not why some people are criminals, but why most people are not. - James Q. Wilson - Quotesmemo.com

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The climate of Ohio is perfect, considered as the home of an ideal republican people. Climate has much to do with national character. . . . A climate which permits labor out-of-doors every month in the year and which requires industry to secure comfort--to provide food, shelter, clothing, fuel, etc. --is the very climate which secures the highest civilization.

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James Q. Wilson

What most needs explanation is not why some people are criminals, but why most people are not.

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