Capitalism Might Be Defined, If We Wish

The Difference Between A Stable Society And An Unstable One Is That The Restraints In An Unstable One Are External. In A Stable Society Government Ultimately Becomes Unnecessary; The Restraints On People's Actions Are Internal, They're Self-disciplined.

The West Believes That Man And The Universe Are Both Complex And That The Apparently Discordant Parts Of Each Can Be Put Into A Reasonably Workable Arrangement With A Little Good Will, Patience, And Experimentation.

The History Of The Last Century Shows, As We Shall See Later, That The Advice Given To Governments By Bankers, Like The Advice They Gave To Industrialists, Was Consistently Good For Bankers, But Was Often Disastrous For Governments, Businessmen, And The People Generally.

The Failure Of Christianity In The Areas West From Sicily Was Even Greater, And Was Increased By The Spread Of Arab Outlooks And Influence To That Area, And Especially To Spain.

To Know Is Not Too Demanding: It Merely Requires Memory And Time. But To Understand Is Quite A Different Matter: It Requires Intellectual Ability And Training, A Self Conscious Awareness Of What One Is Doing, Experience In Techniques Of Analysis And Synthesis, And Above All, Perspective.