Change comes not from men and women changing their minds, but from the change from one generation to the next.

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It is a far, far better thing to have a firm anchor in nonsense than to put out on the troubled sea of thought.

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In economics, hope and faith coexist with great scientific pretension and also a deep desire for respectability.

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It is a far, far better thing to have a firm anchor in nonsense than to put out on the troubled seas of thought.

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In the choice between changing ones mind and proving there's no need to do so, most people get busy on the proof.

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Money differs from an automobile or mistress in being equally important to those who have it and those who do not.

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Liberalism is, I think, resurgent. One reason is that more and more people are so painfully aware of the alternative.

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If wrinkles must be written upon our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should never grow old.

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People fo privilage will always risk their complete destruction rather than surrender any material part of their advantage.

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You will find that the State is the kind of organization which, though it does big things badly, does small things badly, too.

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