The most dangerous criminal now is the entirely lawless modern philosopher. Compared to him burglars and bigamists are essentially moral men.
Things aren't right. If a burglar breaks into your home and you shoot him he can sue you. For what restraint of trade?
A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar.
We poison our lives with fear of burglary and shipwreck and ask anyone the house is never burgled and the ship never goes down.
The fear of burglars is not only the fear of being robbed but also the fear of a sudden and unexpected clutch out of the darkness.
In any crass political calculation drilling for oil will always win more votes than putting a price on carbon. But if I recall what I was taught in fifth-grade American government class we elect presidents to do more than crass political calculations.