There Is No Pure Free-market

The Absence Of Utopianism In The Constitution, Law, And Traditional Political Culture Has Been ... Important In Limiting Expectations Concerning What Can Be Achieved By Politics. The History Of The Last Two Centuries Confirms What The Framers Of The Constitution Understood: That The Perfect Is The Enemy Of The Good, And The Search For Unalloyed Virtue In Public Life Leads To Unalloyed Terror.

Straying Off Course Is Not Recognized As A Capital Crime By Civilized Nations.

I Always Assume That Democracy Is The Only Good Form Of Government, Quite Frankly, And Democracy Is Always To Be Preferred

Cultural Constraints Condition And Limit Our Choices, Shaping Our Characters With Their Imperatives.

No Idea Holds Greater Sway In The Minds Of Educated Americans That The Belief That It Is Possible To Democratize Governments Anytime And Anywhere Under Any Circumstances.