Bureaucracy by its nature resists change and nullifies progress.
Government is not using modern technology so much to modernize and improve services as it is to regulate, punish, collect taxes and keep an eye on us. They'd rather rule than serve.
The decline and fall of a civilization is barely noticed by most of its citizens.
Nothing is more difficult than to make a profit.
Money without wisdom diminishes the pleasure and enjoyment of wealth.
Liars seldom believe anyone else.