To truly esteem oneself means that one must be capable of feeling shame or self-disgust when one does not live up to a certain standard

As a piece of travel literature alone, 'The Ends of the Earth' succeeds in providing a tangible sense of the sweaty, smelly reality of many exotic points on the map, with glimpses of their cruelty but also, occasionally, of beauty and human kindness. As a piece of analysis, it is deeply thought-provoking.

The nation will continue to be a central pole of identification, even if more and more nations come to share common economic and political forms of organization.

The desire for economic prosperity is itself not culturally determined but almost universally shared

To truly esteem oneself means that one must be capable of feeling shame or self-disgust when one does not live up to a certain standard

For capitalism flourishes best in a mobile and egalitarian society

If networks are to be more efficient...this will come about only on the basis of a high level of trust and the existence of shared norms of ethical behavior between network members