It Was A New Kind Of Class

If You Believe That No One Was Ever Corrupted By A Book, You Have Also To Believe That No One Was Ever Improved By A Book.

If Your Aims As A Donor Are Modest, You Can Accomplish An Awful Lot. When Your Aims Become Elevated Beyond A Reasonable Level, You Not Only Don't Accomplish Much, But You Can Cause A Great Deal Of Damage.

Nostalgia Is One Of The Legitimate And Certainly One Of The Most Enduring Of Human Emotions; But The Politics Of Nostalgia Is At Best Distracting, At Worst Pernicious.

I Regard Myself To Have Been A Young Trostkyite And I Have Not A Single Bitter Memory.

I Have Observed Over The Years That The Unanticipated Consequences Of Social Action Are Always More Important, And Usually Less Agreeable, Than The Intended Consequences.