Groups that rose from poverty to prosperity seldom did so by having their own racial or ethnic leaders to follow.

The vision of the anointed is one in which ills as poverty, irresponsible sex, and crime derive primarily from 'society,' rather than from individual choices and behavior. To believe in personal responsibility would be to destroy the whole special role of the anointed, whose vision casts them in the role of rescuers of people treated unfairly by 'society'.

The welfare state has always been judged by its good intentions, rather than its bad results.

Doing the right thing is fun. If nothing else, it surprises people.

It is so easy to be wrong-and to persist in being wrong-when the costs of being wrong are paid by others.

In medicine, it has long been recognized that even a quack remedy that is harmless in itself can be fatal when it substitutes for an effective medication or treatment. The time is overdue for that same recognition to apply to politics.

The real minimum wage is zero.