As a result of the efforts of Hayek .. and the many others who share his general outlook, the idea of a centrally planned and centrally administered economy, so popular in the 1930s and early 1940s, has been discredited.

What rules the world is idea, because ideas define the way reality is perceived.

Senator McGovern is very sincere when he says that he will try to cut the military budget by 30%. And this is to drive a knife in the heart of Israel... Jews don't like big military budgets. But it is now an interest of the Jews to have a large and powerful military establishment in the United States... American Jews who care about the survival of the state of Israel have to say, no, we don't want to cut the military budget, it is important to keep that military budget big, so that we can defend Israel.

I have observed over the years that the unanticipated consequences of social action are always more important, and usually less agreeable, than the intended consequences.

The danger facing American Jews today is not that Christians want to persecute them but that Christians want to marry them.

An intellectual may be defined as a man who speaks with general authority about a subject on which he has no particular competence.

People need religion. It's a vehicle for a moral tradition. A crucial role. Nothing can take its place.