Some People Have Greatness Thrust Upon Them.

If Our Society Continues At Its Present Rate To Become Less Livable As It Becomes More Affluent, We Promise All To End Up In Sumptuous Misery.

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.

It Is Not Easy To Be Crafty And Winsome At The Same Time, And Few Accomplish It After The Age Of Six.

It Is Hard To Feel Individually Responsible With Respect To The Invisible Processes Of A Huge And Distant Government.

The Idea For Which This Nation Stands Will Not Survive If The Highest Goal Free Man Can Set Themselves Is An Amiable Mediocrity. Excellence Implies Striving For The Highest Standards In Every Phase Of Life.