It was a mistake to speak one's mind at any time, unless it perfectly matched your political purpose; and it never did.

In a capitalist world, the word capital has taken on more and more uses. . . . human capital, for instance, which is what labor accumulates through education and work experience. Human capital differs from the classic kind in that you can't inherit it, and it can only be rented, not bought or sold.

It's fragile what we know. It's gone every time we forget. Then someone has to learn it all over again.

The only part of an argument that really matters is what we think of the people arguing.

It was a mistake to speak one's mind at any time, unless it perfectly matched your political purpose; and it never did.

An excess of reason is itself a form of madness

Money equals power; power makes the law; and law makes government.