the only difference between a wise man and a fool was in the magnitude of his mistakes. To err was human, and the smarter and more powerful you were,… - Tom Clancy

The remarkable thing was that everyone accepted the entire process, seemingly as normal as physical laws of nature, despite the fact that it was really as ethereal as a rainbow. The money did not physically exist. Even “real” money was only specially made paper printed with black ink on the front and green on the back. What backed the money was not gold or something of intrinsic value, but rather the collective belief that money had value because it had to have such value.

Ladies and gentlemen, it is not the job of government to be the national nanny. The average citizen can look after his or her own needs without assistance from somebody who works here in Washington.

(Stereotyping) is only for those without the imagination to see people as they are instead of being like someone else they understand.