Selected quotations: G

Why are there liberals on Wall Street and none in the banks of Frankfurt? Part of the reason, surely, is that rich New York attracts America's poor people, while wealthy Frankfurt repels the poor of Europe. Thus, in Europe, the progressive politicians are from the poor regions, while in the United States they come almost invariably from the wealthier states.

In no place on earth is low productivity so richly, so happily rewarded, as on the American university campus.

nessuno, o pochi, si domandano: se avessi anch'io fatto il mio dovere di uomo, se avessi cercato di far valere la mia voce, il mio parere, la mia volonta`, sarebbe successo cio` che e` successo?