The capitalist priority is efficiency of capital and profitability, which is generally inconsistent with protecting the vulnerabilities of people and nature.

To be a hegemon is inherently ambiguous, usually implying some mixture of dominance and legitimacy, that is, being seen as contributing global leadership in a generally benevolent manner.

As such the meaning of hegemony is subject to varying interpretations depending on how the historical role of the United States is interpreted.

The central task of our time is to evolve a new system of world order based on principles of peace and justice.

I once got a call from a bank, asking me to compute a mortgage, since their computers were down. This was a very depressing moment.

International law in its counter-hegemonic uses is very important in any domain where issues of legitimacy are significant, but is rarely able to have a corresponding behavioural impact.

As Gandhi famously responded when asked about "Western civilization," "I wish they had one," the same applies to "international community": "I wish there was one."

When I told my son that I had to give a talk about my work to non-mathematicians, he warned me that regular people don't think like mathematicians.

Our sense of the free market is variable, shifting from a more welfare-oriented model after the Great Depression to a capital-driven market after the collapse of socialism as a viable alternative.

America is perhaps best viewed as an 'authoritarian democracy' within its own territory and as 'a global state' of a new kind when considered internationally.

The Method of Bisection is a sophisticated version of a tool used in fifth grade called "Guess and Check".

Read mark learn and inwardly digest.

Every day, I work at not taking this fame thing seriously. Fortunately, I have a great group of friends who help me do this.

I truly believe there is a field of peace within and that it can be enlivened and brought to the surface to be enjoyed by all.

The grave itself is but a covered bridge, Leading from light to light, through a brief darkness!

I never thought I'd be investigating global warming. I believe it's real and that saving the planet is good.

I am forever on the way

In social networks, you gain and bestow status through those you associate with.

Maybe one day we shall be glad to remember even these hardships.

The Yellowstone river is a beautiful river to navigate.

The idea for a building or an object can come up just as quick, but there is a big difference in process.