Americans have so far put up with inequality because they felt they could change their status. They didn't mind others being rich, as long as they had a path to move up as well. The American Dream is all about social mobility in a sense - the idea that anyone can make it.

The great drama of Russian history has been between its state and society. Put simply, Russia has always had too much state and not enough society.

I enjoy writing but I much prefer the experience of having written.

France placed the state above society , democracy above constitutionalism, and equality above liberty. As a result, for much of the nineteenth century it was democratic, with broad suffrage and elections, but hardly liberal. it was certainly a less secure home for individual freedom than was England or America.

Intelligence is called the world's second oldest profession for a reason. Everyone does it.

Things happening around the world are affecting you and me.

If we didn't have the rest of the world growing, the United States economy would be in much worse shape than it is today.