“Under capitalism, man oppresses man. But under socialism, it's the other way around.”

“Capitalism involves struggle, but it has an invisible heart beating at its core that transforms people's lives.”

“Under capitalism, man exploits man; while under socialism just the reverse is true.”

“Welcome to the wonderful world of economics. Everything precious in life has a cost.”

“Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or to think sanely under the influence of a great fear.”

“William James describes a man who got the experience from laughing-gas; whenever he was under its influence, he knew the secret of the universe, but when he came to, he had forgotten it. At last, with immense effort, he wrote down the secret before the vision had faded. When completely recovered, he rushed to see what he had written. It was: "A smell of petroleum prevails throughout.”

“The socializing hadn't been so bad, he acknowledged, and he couldn't say he minded the food, though a man would do better with a good beef sandwich. Still it was plentiful, even if you did have to pick your way through half of it to get to something recognizable.”