People resist exploitation. They resist as actively as they can, as passively as they must.

Uncertainty is wondrous, and.. certainty, were it to be real, would be moral death.

Historical capitalism is a materialist civilization.

The language of intrinsic human rights represented a significant advance beyond the previous language of world religions in terms of its universal applicability and its thiswordliness.

The world system is coming to the structural crisis

When systems come to be far from points of equilibrium, they reach bifurcation points, wherein multiple, as opposed to unique, solutions, to instability become possible.

This argument has been codified in the twentieth century as meritocracy, in which those on top in the process of capitalist accumulation have merited their position.

Capitalism is first and foremost a historical social system.

The primary ideology that operated to create, socialize, and reproduce them was not the ideology of racism. It was that of universalism.

That is why we may say that the historical development of capitalism has involved the thrust towards the commodification of everything.

The real threat to U.S. military power is nuclear proliferation, because if every little country has nuclear weapons it becomes very tricky for the United States to engage in military action.

Good intentions are the best business.

People will change their habits quickly IF they have a strong reason for doing so.

Good luck is what is left over after intelligence and effort have combined at their best. Luck is the residue of design.

There is an ocean of Gods love available-there is plenty for everyone. May God grant you never to doubt that victorious love-whatever the circumstances.

Pele should go back to the museum.

The man who preaches the cross must be a crucified man.

I support special forces. I support trainers. I support the air campaign. And I think we're making some progress. I want to continue to intensify that, and that's exactly what the president is doing.

When you invest in people and lift them toward their potential, they will love you for it.

We grow like flowers, and bear desire, the odor of the human flowers.

It is not he who begins well who is perfect. It is he who ends well who is approved in God's sight.