Emancipation of belief is the most formidable of the tasks of reform and the one on which all else depends.

You will find that [the] State [Department] is the kind of organisation which, though it does big things badly, does small things badly too.

The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.

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.

Unemployment is rarely considered desirable except by those who have not experienced it.

The urge to consume is fathered by the value system which emphasizes the ability of the society to produce.

Almost every aspect of its (Federal Reserve) history should be approached with a discriminating disregard for what is commonly taught or believed.