I utterly reject the view that the Third World is doomed to poverty and starvation. Not only is this wrong, I think this attitude verges on the immoral, like thinking that slavery is an unalterable facet of the human condition so why bother doing anything about it?

Democracy is an experimental system. I like it when states try out new ideas. I think we ought to expand, not contract, our federalist system.

The only way to thrive is to innovate. It's that simple.

It seems to me that the price of eternal vigilance is liberty.

Going to college is neither necessary nor sufficient to be well-educated.

A bet is a tax on bullshit; and it is a just tax, tribute paid by the bullshitters to those with genuine knowledge.

A lot of people say that India has been held back by its democracy. But lets remember that, despite being a poor country, Indias democracy meant that its government never let millions of people starve.