All successful revolutions are the kicking in of a rotten door.

Power is not something that can be assumed or discarded at will like underwear.

Money differs from an automobile or mistress in being equally important to those who have it and those who do not.

In the old days, land was important as the giver of all things. That period is gone now. Technology and brainpower are all that matters and yet conflicts over land, specially one like on the India-China border, that yields nothing, continue. This is a burden of ancient history that we continue to carry. If tomorrow there is settlement on planet Mars, we will begin to worry if others are interested.

We talk of the enormous virtues of work, but it turns out that that is mostly for the poor. If you're rich enough or if you're a college professor, the virtue lies in leisure and the use you make of your leisure time.

Nostalgia combines regularly with manifest respectability to give credence to old error as opposed to new truth.

People of privilege will always risk their complete destruction rather than surrender any material part of their advantage.