I, however, place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and public debt as the greatest of the read more

I, however, place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and public debt as the greatest of the dangers to be feared.

Any politician who starts shouting election-year demagoguery about the rich and the poor should be asked, "What about the other read more

Any politician who starts shouting election-year demagoguery about the rich and the poor should be asked, "What about the other 90 percent of the people?"

Economists are pessimists: they've predicted 8 of the last 3 depressions

Economists are pessimists: they've predicted 8 of the last 3 depressions

Out of our quarrels with others we make rhetoric. Out of our quarrels with ourselves we make poetry.

Out of our quarrels with others we make rhetoric. Out of our quarrels with ourselves we make poetry.

The broad masses of a population are more amenable to the appeal of rhetoric than to any other force.

The broad masses of a population are more amenable to the appeal of rhetoric than to any other force.

Some people wave their dogmatic thinking until their own reason is entangled.

Some people wave their dogmatic thinking until their own reason is entangled.

The dominant rhetoric is academese relieved by flashes of clich‚.

The dominant rhetoric is academese relieved by flashes of clich‚.

True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are read more

True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.

The economy depends about as much on economists as the weather does on weather forecasters.

The economy depends about as much on economists as the weather does on weather forecasters.