The problem with liberal Protestantism in America is not that it has not been orthodox enough, but that it has lost a lot of religious substance

I'm sure Putnam is right that there's been a decline in certain kinds of organizations like bowling leagues. But people participate in communities in other ways.

Capitalism has been one of the most dynamic forces in human history, transforming one society after another, and today it has become established as an international system determining the economic fate of most of mankind.

In science, as in love, a concentration on technique is likely to lead to impotence.

Let me say again that the relationship is asymmetrical: there's no democracy without a market economy, but you can have a market economy without democracy.

Unlike puppets we have the possibility of stopping in our movements, looking up and perceiving the machinery by which we have been moved. In this act lies the first steps towards freedom.

He who has the bigger stick has the better chance of imposing his definitions of reality.