Conservatism leads nowhere; it satisfies no ideal.

If human nature felt no temptation to take a chance there might not be much investment merely as a result of cold calculation.

Perhaps it is historically true that no order of society ever perishes save by its own hand.

Morally and philosophically I find myself in agreement with virtually the whole of it: and not only in agreement with it, but in deeply moved agreement.

The disruptive powers of excessive national fecundity may have played a greater part in bursting the bonds of convention than either the power of ideas or the errors of autocracy.

When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done

Conservatism leads nowhere; it satisfies no ideal.