The inborn instability of capitalism has been part of the history of the system for several hundred years.

It takes some skill to spoil a breakfast - even the English can't do it.

Those days [of the Vietnam War] you couldn't get on a bus going to the South without expecting a riot over something or the other. All of that has disappeared thanks to Lyndon Johnson.

Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite.

There's no question that in my lifetime, the contrast between what I called private affluence and public squalor has become very much greater.

I'm certainly going to support Al Gore because, on the whole, he's the more sensible figure and you vote not for the perfect but for the best. Coupled with that is a special situation.

Few can believe that suffering, especially by others, is in vain. Anything that is disagreeable must surely have beneficial economic effects.