Cynicism Is The Last Refuge Of Those

The Industrial Leader Of The 20th Century Was A System-builder. He Was A Visionary In Terms Of What Could Be Built; Got The Capital Together; Certainly Convinced Investors That It Was Possible; And Then Ran A High-volume Production System That Would Spew Out A Vast Array Of Almost Identical Goods And Services. They Would Be Changed From Time To Time; There Was Research And Development, To Be Sure. But The System Was Built Around Production, Not Innovation.

You`ve Got To Just Follow The Money [in Washington]. You See It. There`s No Countervailing Power.

The Silent Majority Really Is A Liberal Majority, Even Though The Word Liberal Has Taken A Real Beating Over The Last 20 Years By Radical Conservatives.

The Presidency Is Probably The Loneliest Office In America. Regardless Of Your Friends, Regardless Of How Good Your Marriage Is, Regardless Of Anything, You Are Alone There At The Top.

We Can't Have Extraordinary Dynamism, Innovation, And Change In The Economy And Expect To Have Predictability And Stability In Our Personal Lives. It's Not As If There Are These Big, Giant Institutions Existing Between Us And The Economy. In Fact, These Institutions Have Become Tissue-thin. There Is No Mediation Anymore. We Are The Economy; The Economy Is Us.