I am for a close global association in trade and financial matters, rather than the opposite possibility of excessive nationalism, as manifested in the two world wars.

The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.

Oligopoly is an imperfect monopoly. Like the despotism of the Dual Monarchy, it is saved only by its incompetence.

Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite.

But there is merit even in the mentally retarded legislator. He asks the questions that everyone is afraid to ask for fear of seeming simple.

Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.

If all else fails immortality can always be assured by adequate error.

The process by which banks create money is so simple that the mind is repelled.

There is certainly no absolute standard of beauty. That precisely is what makes its pursuit so interesting.

Simple minds, presumably, are the easiest to manage.

Every corner of the public psyche is canvassed by some of the most talented citizens to see if the desire for some merchandisable product can be cultivated.

Am Anfang war Gott? It may have been true, but it was not germane.

Most of your problems exist because your heart is hard and you are being arrogant.

People don't know the past, even though we live in literate societies, because they don't trust the sources of the past.

I come from a place where I find it hard to identify with a label.

Making the films is never easy, but actually that aspect of trying to make a better film or to keep the standard high is something that comes organically.

I'm not interested until I see their execution.

What we share with another ceases to be our own.

She was so evidently the victim of the civilization which had produced her, that the links of her bracelet seemed like manacles chaining her to her fate.

There are men who never err, because they never propose anything rational.

A life of gratitude to God for being saved is far more pleasing than a life based on self-righteousness over being good.