Today Americans are overcome not by the sense of endless possibility but by the banality of the social order they have erected against it.

Advertising serves not so much to advertise products as to promote consumption as a way of life. It 'educates' the masses into an unappeasable appetite not only for goods but for new experiences and personal fulfillment.

We live in a historical period characterized by a sharp discrepancy between the intellectual development of man... and his mental-emotional development, which has left him still in a state of marked narcissism with all its pathological symptoms.

Ostensibly rigorous and realistic, contemporary conservatism is an ideology of denial. Its symbol is a smile button.

The left has lost touch with popular opinion, thereby making it possible for the right to present itself as the party of common sense.

Environmentalism opposes reckless innovation and makes conservation the central order of business.

Because politics rests on an irreducible measure of coercion, it can never become a perfect realm of perfect love and justice.