War remains the decisive human failure.

Men will look back in amusement at the pretence that once caused people to refer to General Dynamics and North American Aviation and AT&T as private business.

It is a well known and very important fact that America's founding fathers did not like taxation without representation. It is a lesser known and equally important fact that they did not much like taxation with representation.

I react to what is necessary. I would like to eschew any formula.

It is a far, far better thing to have a firm anchor in nonsense than to put out on the troubled seas of thought.

We live surrounded by a systematic appeal to a dream world which all mature, scientific reality would reject. We, quite literally, advertise our commitment to immaturity, mendacity and profound gullibility. It is as the hallmark of the culture. And it is justified as being economically indispensable.

When you see reference to a new paradigm you should always, under all circumstances, take cover.