To be successful, you need leisure. You need time hanging heavily on your hands.

Whenever there is a conflict between universal principles and self-interest, self-interest is likely to prevail.

The people currently in charge have forgotten the first principle of an open society, namely that we may be wrong and that there has to be free discussion. That it's possible to be opposed to the policies without being unpatriotic.

Advocating democracy has, by other people, often been taken as a form of imperialism, and not without some justification. So the important thing in a democracy is that it doesn't necessarily have to agree with what America's interests are, and it doesn't necessarily have to be serving American interests.

There is always a divergence between our perception and what actually exists.

We are the most powerful nation on earth. No external power, no terrorist organization can defeat us. But we can defeat ourselves by getting caught in a quagmire.

When I had made more money than I needed for myself and my family, I set up a foundation to promote the values and principles of a free and open society.