United States:. A nation given either to unjustified over-enthusiasms or infantile furies.

Ten geographers who think the world is flat will tend to reinforce each other's errors ... Only a sailor can set them straight.

Whenever governments adopt a moral tone - as opposed to an ethical one - you know something is wrong.

The void in our society has been produced by the absence of values... we have no widespread belief in the value of participation. The rational system has made us fear standing out in any serious way.

The recession is over." This phrase has been used twice a year since 1973 by government leaders throughout the West. Its meaning is unclear. See: Depression.

Pessimism: A valuable protection against quackery.

Democracy is the only system capable of reflecting the humanist premise of equilibrium or balance. The key to its secret is the involvement of the citizen.

People cannot do what they cannot think, and they cannot think what they cannot say.

If economists were doctors, they would today be mired in malpractice suits.

Which is ideology? Which not? You shall know them by their assertion of truth, their contempt for considered reflection, and their fear of debate.

If allowed to run free of the social system, capitalism will attempt to corrupt and undermine democracy, which is after all not a natural state.

Anyone or anything that asks you to be untrue to yourself has already acted against you.

To do or not to do... that is the question.

I get to work with people I love who challenge and inspire me. And I get to sing songs that do that same thing!

If you will not stand with Israel, then I will not stand with you

The Catholic Church is not dead, it is not even tired!

If moment by moment you can keep your mind clear then nothing will confuse you.

You will always find some Eskimo ready to instruct the Congolese on how to cope with heatwaves.

The Eurozone has clearly gone spectacularly wrong, pulling down all the continental economies.

See the genius in everyone you encounter. Just as the mountain cannot crack a nut though it can carry a forest on its back, so too does every living creature have its own perfection built into it.

The fame which bids fair to live the longest resembles that which Horace attributes to Marcellus, whose progress he compares to the silent, imperceptible growth of a tree.