A drastic reduction in weapons competition following a general release from the commitment to the Cold War would be sharply in conflict with the need… - John Kenneth Galbraith

There can be few fields of human endeavor in which history counts for so little as in the world of finance.

Money is a singular thing. It ranks with love as man's greatest source of joy. And with death as his greatest source of anxiety. Over all history it has oppressed nearly all people in one of two ways: either it has been abundant and very unreliable, or reliable and very scarce.

The family which takes its mauve and cerise, air conditioned, power-steered, and power braked automobile out for a tour passes through cities that are badly paved, made hideous by litter, blighted buildings, billboards, and posts for wires that should long since have been put underground.