Quotes from Charles Murray

The '60s were a disaster in terms of social policy. The elites put in place a whole set of reforms which I think fundamentally changed the signals and the incentives facing low-income people and encouraged a variety of trends that soon became self-reinforcing.

IQ is a very important predictor, not just of academic success, but of economic success.

The government is a terrible employer, and that goes for national service jobs as well.

My family was pretty much the way a family was supposed to be, a Norman Rockwell kind of family, I'm afraid. I say 'I'm afraid' because it will just confirm my critics' view that my views about family are unrealistic.

To equate IQ with human virtue or wisdom or character or a whole variety of other of the most important measures of a value of a person is ridiculous.

I still want to find a way that leaves people free to live their lives without telling them what to do.

By the end of writing 'Losing Ground,' I realized I was a libertarian.

You can learn a lot about good management by working under someone who is a bad manager.