The United States in the 1980s may be the first society in history in which children are distinctly worse off than adults.

Secrecy is for losers. For people who do not know how important the information really is.

You are entitled to your opinion. But you are not entitled to your own facts.

At 14 you are still in most respects a dependent youth, in some respects a child. At 24 you are an adult. In between, extraordinary turbulences take place.

Irresponsibility breeds irresponsibility. The finances of government are so central. You'd think that would be pretty obvious.

The great corporations of this country were not founded by ordinary people. They were founded by people with extraordinary intelligence, ambition, and aggressiveness.

Secrecy is for losers. . . . It is time to dismantle government secrecy, this most persuasive of Cold War-era regulations. It is time to begin building the supports for the era of openness that is already upon us.