Most Americans Are On A Downward Escalator.

The Faith That Anyone Could Move From Rags To Riches - With Enough Guts And Gumption, Hard Work And Nose To The Grindstone - Was Once At The Core Of The American Dream.

Your Most Precious Possession Is Not Your Financial Assets. Your Most Precious Possession Is The People You Have Working There, And What They Carry Around In Their Heads, And Their Ability To Work Together.

The Dirty Little Secret Is That Both Houses Of Congress Are Irrelevant. ... America's Domestic Policy Is Now Being Run By Alan Greenspan And The Federal Reserve, And America's Foreign Policy Is Now Being Run By The International Monetary Fund [imf]. ...when The President Decides To Go To War, He No Longer Needs A Declaration Of War From Congress.

We're Now Moving Toward A Radically Different Economy. You Absolutely Can't Have A Distribution Oligopoly. The New Oligopolies - And I Think There Will Be New Oligopolies - Will Be Oligopolies Of Trustworthiness. Microsoft, Amazon, Schwab, And Other Brands Will Dominate Psychic Space, Not Shelf Space.

If You Give Up On Democracy, You Might As Well Give Up On Everything.