Public order is a fragile thing, and if you don't fix the first broken window, soon all the … - James Q. Wilson

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The Shari'a itself - this is possibly a kind of verbal debate - is understood to be something different from the Fiqh, and the Fiqh is the man-made element and the Shari'a is theoretically the divine element but it depends on one's personal beliefs.

James Q. Wilson

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

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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.

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But no one has yet succeeded in reducing the size or scope of the federal government

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There is no way the American public will sit still for the banning of or putting any significant restrictions on the kinds of guns they want

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I believe we ought to subsidize some health care for the poor, but Medicare subsidizes everyone's health care

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