“This ascendancy of economic theory has not made the world a better place. Instead, it has made an already troubled society worse: more unequal, more unstable, and less 'efficient.”

“A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity.”

“All societies are unequal, but some are more unequal than others.”

“Every one of the communities that has come to call our country home has made Britain a better place.”

“The way to get on in the world is to be neither more nor less wise, neither better nor worse than your neighbours.”

“I have already remarked that the 'theory of scarcity has been a dominating influence in many of our economic policies. In the case of taxation, however, there is involved the 'theory of plenty' and there must now be involved the 'theory of plenty more.' Every dollar of the billions that are being indiscriminately spent without accountability is a mortgage on the income, the savings, as well as the security of the people. There must be brought home to the consciousness of all that the more the government takes, the less each one has no one can possibly escape.”

“Grand buildings made her feel better--maybe because being in a place so permanent made her feel more permanent.”

“Almost always the creative, dedicated minority has made the world better.”

“A great step forward was made the day men understood that in order to torment one another more efficiently they would have to gather together, to organize themselves into a society”

“It is sometimes easier to make the world a better place than to prove you have made the world a better place.”