Quotes by : Charles Murray

The main vehicle for nineteenth-century socialization was the leading textbook used in elementary school.....

People need self-respect, but self-respect must be earned -- it cannot be self-respect if it's not earned....

the most lovable of exceptional American qualities (is) our tradition of insisting that we are part of....

The human impulse behind the isolation of class is as basic as impulses get: People like to be around....

paying taxes is a cheap price for a quiet conscience—much cheaper than actually having to get involved....

People need self-respect, that self respect must be earned – it cannot be self-respect if it's not....

They don't know the distinction between taking care of a child and raising a child.

Data can bear on policy issues, but many of our opinions about policy are grounded in premises about....

The average Harvard freshman in 1952 would have placed in the bottom 10 percent of the incoming class....

It used to be that parents didn't have to be home. If a neighbor so I child misbehaving, it was considered....