Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite.

Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.

The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.

More die in the United States of too much food than of too little.

Humor is richly rewarding to the person who employs it. It has some value in gaining and holding attention, but it has no persuasive value at all.

Wealth, in even the most improbable cases, manages to convey the aspect of intelligence.

Wealth is not without its advantages and the case to the contrary, although it has often been made, has never proved widely persuasive.

Meetings are indispensable when you don't want to do anything.

Money differs from an automobile or mistress in being equally important to those who have it and those who do not.

Liberalism is, I think, resurgent. One reason is that more and more people are so painfully aware of the alternative.

Politics is the art of choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable.

The happiest time of anyone's life is just after the first divorce.