United States:. A Nation Given Either To

Management Cannot Solve Problems. Nor Can It Stir Creativity Of Any Sort. It Can Only Manage What It Is Given. If Asked To Do More, It Will Deform Whatever Is Put Into Its Hands.

Happy Hour: A Depressing Comment On The Rest Of The Day And A Victory For The Most Limited Dionysian View Of Human Nature.

Whenever Governments Adopt A Moral Tone - As Opposed To An Ethical One - You Know Something Is Wrong.

Pessimism: A Valuable Protection Against Quackery.

They (the Novelists) Became The Voice Of The Citizen Against The Ubiquitous Raison D'état, Which Reappeared Endlessly To Justify Everything From Unjust Laws And The Use Of Child Labour To Incompetent Generalship And Inhuman Conditions On Warships. The Themes They Popularized Have Gradually Turned Into The Laws Which, For All Their Flaws, Have Improved The State Of Man.