Long Periods Of Recession, Which

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.

I Don't Write Huge Books Any More. I Used To Write 1,000 Printed Pages, But Now I Write Short Books. I Did One On Napoleon, 50,000 Words - Enjoyed Doing That. He Was A Baddie. I Did One On Churchill, Which Was A Bestseller In New York, I'm Glad To Say. 50,000 Words. He Was A Goodie.

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

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.

Nothing Appeals To Intellectuals More Than The Feeling That They Represent 'the People'. Nothing, As A Rule, Is Further From The Truth