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

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

One can relish the varied idiocy of human action during a panic to the full, for, while it is a time of great tragedy, nothing is being lost but money.

Economic stimulation that works through the increased outlays to the affluent has, inevitably, an aspect of soundness and sanity that is lacking in expenditure on behalf of the undeserving poor.

When people are least sure, they are often most dogmatic.

I predict, not because I know, but because I'm asked.

Clearly the most unfortunate people are those who must do the same thing over and over again, every minute, or perhaps twenty to the minute. They deserve the shortest hours and the highest pay.