The Primary Conflict, I Think, Is Between

To Seek "causes" Of Poverty In This Way Is To Enter An Intellectual Dead End Because Poverty Has No Causes. Only Prosperity Has Causes.

There Are Still An Awful Lot Of Intelligent, Clever Constructive Americans And They Are Still Doing Clever Constructive Things.

It May Be Romantic To Search For The Salves Of Society's Ills In Slow-moving Rustic Surroundings, Or Among Innocent, Unspoiled Provincials, If Such Exist, But It Is A Waste Of Time.

I Think That May Be The Biggest Difference Between Americans And People Elsewhere. Unlike Americans, Canadians Know That There Are Places Just As Real As Canada. It's A Self-centeredness That's A Very Strange Thing.

You Can Neither Lie To A Neighbourhood Park, Nor Reason With It. 'artist's Conceptions' And Persuasive Renderings Can Put Pictures Of Life Into Proposed Neighbourhood Parks Or Park Malls, And Verbal Rationalizations Can Conjure Up Users Who Ought To Appreciate Them, But In Real Life Only Diverse Surroundings Have The Practical Power Of Inducing A Natural, Continuing Flow Of Life And Use.