If stability and efficiency required that there existed markets that extended infinitely far into the future - and these markets clearly did not exist - what assurance do we have of the stability and efficiency of the capitalist system?

Certainly, the poverty, the discrimination, the episodic unemployment could not but strike an inquiring youngster: why did these exist, and what could we do about them.

I knew that discrimination existed, even though there were many individuals who were not prejudiced.

The notion that every well educated person would have a mastery of at least the basic elements of the humanities, sciences, and social sciences is a far cry from the specialized education that most students today receive, particularly in the research universities.

When [a hotel has] a soft opening, usually they're at 90 percent efficiency. It's not like they just woke up and said, 'Oh, we gotta open the restaurant.' They really want to hone it.

You have to block in this system, it's required.