It is intolerable that it should be in the power of one blockhead to do so much mischief.

The standard formulation on remedy is that it ought to cure past violations and prevent their recurrence. That's what antitrust is all about.

Bonfire of the Vanities: The lesson of that book is, never start believing your own press.

So perverse is mankind that every nationality prefers to be misgoverned by its own people than to be well ruled by another

The human mind is never better disposed to gratitude and attachment than when softened by fear.

True humanity consists not in a squeamish ear; it consists not in starting or shrinking at tales of misery, but in a disposition of heart to relieve it. True humanity appertains rather to the mind than to the nerves, and prompts men to use real and active endeavors to execute the actions which it suggests.

Forget all you know & learn something every day.