It is not that people are evil or greedy. The conditions that socially support the system force us to behave in socially offensive ways.

We are not taught to be thinkers, but reflectors of our culture. Let's teach our children to be thinkers.

I have no notions of a perfect society, I don’t know what that means. I know we can do much better than what we’ve got, I’m no utopian, I’m not a humanist that would like to see everybody living in warmth and harmony: I know that if we don’t live that way, we’ll kill each other and destroy the Earth.

It's hard to be decent in a money world. We want to shut down all repetitious jobs, automate it, free people.

In a monetary system, most of us live near our work with a house, car, and lifestyle we can afford (or, all too often, cannot afford), rather than the one we prefer. We are only as free as our purchasing power permits. Even many wealthy people today select a residence mainly to impress others with their status. Lacking a true sense of self worth, many live to impress others.

Wiser, never wise. Smarter, never smart.

If you took the profit out of war, there would be no war. What the hell do you think war is? You think we go to another country to bring democracy? We go there 'cause there's oil, resources or something we need.