I have never understood why one's affections must be confined, as once with women, to a single country.

Man, at least when educated, is a pessimist. He believes it safer not to reflect on his achievements; Jove is known to strike such people down.

Monetary policy suffers from the unfortunate absence of any occult effect. It has long been clear that economic management...would be greatly facilitated if resort could occasionally be had to witchcraft.

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

Wealth is not without its advantages and the case to the contrary, although it has often been made, has never proved widely persuasive.

No solution [to the problem of poverty] is so effective as providing income to the poor. Whether in the form of food, housing, health services, education or money, income is an excellent antidote for deprivation. No truth has spawned so much ingenious evasion.

If we were not in Vietnam, all that part of the world would be enjoying the obscurity it so richly deserves.