“In a thousand years, Fred, no one will even know or care we existed.”

“Be they pharaohs or freeholders, barons or farmers, landowners have been the most capable, most intrepid, and most assertive members of civilized society.”

“Capitalism was a marvel, as long as you were a capitalist.”

“In a thousand years, Fred, no one will even know or care we existed.”

“Consciousness is the chronic pain of life, and all higher organisms suffer it every waking moment.”

“Society can serve its citizens only to the extent that it knows them.”