This Book Is Dedicated To The People

...the Century's Most Radical Vice... The Notion That Human Beings Can Be Shoveled Around Like Concrete.

As A Child I Found Railroad Stations Exciting, Mysterious, And Even Beautiful, As Indeed They Often Were.

In 1924 Mao Took A Chinese Friend, Newly Arrived From Europe, To See The Notorious Sign In The Shanghai Park, 'chinese And Dogs Not Allowed'.

The Urge To Distribute Wealth Equally, And Still More The Belief That It Can Be Brought About By Political Action, Is The Most Dangerous Of All Popular Emotions. It Is The Legitimation Of Envy, Of All The Deadly Sins The One Which A Stable Society Based On Consensus Should Fear The Most. The Monster State Is A Source Of Many Evils; But It Is, Above All, An Engine Of Envy.

At Some Time In Their Careers, Most Good Historians Itch To Write A History Of The World, Endeavor To Discover What Makes Humanity The Most Destructive And Creative Of Species.