Minor Quotes
This is one of the earliest examples of attempting to reduce crime by altering community norms.
In the years leading up to the 1787 Constitutional Convention, the weakness of the Articles of Confederation and the Continental Congress were clearly inadequate to govern the new nation. Riots and protests broke out in many parts of the country. Washington asked his associates from the war to determine what was really happening and when he found out, he was as discouraged as he ever was sharing this quotation with only a few friends.