In the US, most progressives start to see the differences between internationalism and economic globalization.

If there is to be a human future, we must bring ourselves into balanced relationship with one another and the Earth.

The professional study of economics has become ideological brainwashing. It is a defense of the excesses of the capitalist system.

Wall Street sees a social fabric or social contract as inefficiencies, which need to be removed.

Capitalism and the market are presented as synonymous, but they are not. Capitalism is both the enemy of the market and democracy.

More humane societies are usually smaller, like the Scandinavian countries and Holland, where it is much easier to reach consensus and cooperation.

Money is a mechanism for control.

As long as you have a system that is based on the rational that if you are making money you are thereby making a contribution to society, these financial rogue practices will continue.

If you look internationally over the last 50 years there have been improvements in the third world, but in the last 20 years the reverse has happened, with debt crises and increased poverty.

We can have democracy and a prosperous, just, and sustainable human future. Or we can have corporate rule. We cannot have both.

Money is not wealth. Money is a claim on wealth.

To try is to accept the possibility of failure. Simply do.

People don't have the imagination to understand politicians. People are too innocent

A consciousness of misfortunes arising from a man's own misconduct aggravates their bitterness.

BOAT = Break Out Another Thousand

I believe in God--in spite of God! I believe in Mankind--in spite of Mankind! I believe in the Future--in spite of the Past!

There is no normal life that is free of pain. It's the very wrestling with our problems that can be the impetus for our growth.

We'd all like to be taken for what we'd like to be.

It is obvious that putting the Arab-Israeli dispute on a resolution track would be an important element of overcoming the confidence problem in the region.

And everything you get, ya gotta work hard for it.

You don't know whether chimps are going to kill you or kiss you. They're very open on some levels and much more evil in a certain way.