The World Loves Talent But Pays Off

Americans Have Always Believed That-within The Law-all Kinds Of People Should Be Allowed To Take The Initiative In All Kinds Of Activities. And Out Of That Pluralism Has Come Virtually All Of Our Creativity. Freedom Is Real Only To The Extent That There Are Diverse Alternatives.

The [nonprofit] Sector Is The Natural Home Of Nonmajoritarian Impulses, Movements And Values. It Comfortably Harbors Innovators, Maverick Movements, Groups Which Feel They Must Fight For Their Place In The Sun, And Critics Of Both Liberal Conservative Persuasion.

Political Extremism Involves Two Prime Ingredients: An Excessively Simple Diagnosis Of The World's Ills, And A Conviction That There Are Identifiable Villains Back Of It All.

A Prime Function Of A Leader Is To Keep Hope Alive.

Tax Reduction Has An Almost Irresistible Appeal To The Politician, And It Is No Doubt Also Gratifying To The Citizen. It Means More Dollars In His Pocket, Dollars That He Can Spend If Inflation Doesn't Consume Them First. But Dollars In His Pocket Won't Buy Him Clean Streets Or An Adequate Police Force Or Good Schools Or Clean Air And Water. Handing Money Back To The Private Sector In Tax Cuts And Starving The Public Sector Is A Formula For Producing Richer And Richer Consumers In Filthier And Filthier Communities. If We Stick To That Formula We Shall End Up In Affluent Misery.