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As the world's finest democracy, we do not do guillotines. But there are other less bloody rituals of humiliation, designed to reassure the populace that order is restored, the Republic cleansed. ”

Nevertheless, I resist cynicism and continue to believe in the possibilities for genuine democracy. ”

Americans cannot teach democracy to the world until they restore their own. ”

If US per capita income continues to grow at a rate of 1.5 percent a year, the country will have plenty of money to finance comfortable retirements and high-quality healthcare for all citizens, including those at the bottom of the wage ladder. ”

Children born today have a fifty-fifty chance of living to 100. ”

The burnt odor in Washington is from the disintegrating authority of the governing classes. ”

Everyone's values are defined by what they will tolerate when it is done to others. ”

The threat to globalization is not the wasted American dollars but Washington's readiness to mix US commercial interests with its self-appointed role as global protector. ”

In the deregulated realm of US banking and finance, crime does occasionally pay for its foul deeds, not in prison time but by making modest rebates to the victims. ”

If you think about it, Washington's overwhelming power in the world is founded on death, the awesome arsenal for killing people. ”