That is the problem with age and wisdom—it merely shows you how helpless you are. The wiser you become, the more you learn to keep your mouth shut, until eventually the grave silences you forever.

People are upset. They know something is wrong. But they don't know what. The real explanation is too complicated. They won't sit still for it. So, they look for scapegoats - the rich...the banks...the Chinese.

No man bears more responsibility for the present worldwide financial crisis and coming depression than Alan Greenspan.

If there is one thing that marks families with money in the long term it is this: delayed gratification.

That is the problem with age and wisdom—it merely shows you how helpless you are. The wiser you become, the more you learn to keep your mouth shut, until eventually the grave silences you forever.

Both the liberal and the conservative are in agreement: it is all very well to let the people alone, but only if they do what you want them to do.

The US is headed for ruin and revolution. The revolution will almost certainly be put down, violently. But the ruin cannot be stopped.