The poverty line understates the true amount of poverty because it measures it as three times the breadbasket that a family needs, but it doesn't consider all the other things that are inflating far, far faster than food prices.

Social change occurs when the gap between the ideals that people hold and the reality that they see every day gets too large.

You`ve got to just follow the money [in Washington]. You see it. There`s no countervailing power.

Every organization, no matter who it is, just follow the money.

True patriotism isn't cheap. It's about taking on a fair share of the burden of keeping America going.

Organizations aren't loyal; they can't be. They have to be nimble, they have to change. That means everybody in every organization will have one eye on his or her own brand, and the other eye on the organization of which he or she is a part. And the first loyalty - self-loyalty - is becoming more and more dominant, simply as a survival strategy. I'm in no way blaming anyone here; this is just simply a fact of life.

If you're going to be a great guide to what's great for consumers, and, indirectly, for investors, you've got to be very careful about who you contract with and what you're offering.