"When I was informed by the police they had decided to charge me with treason ... I was in a state of shock. That I have been found guilty of treason shocks me the more."

"Our world today is in the grip of anti-capitalism. State bureaucracies ruling over anti-market policies have grown into ideological and political elites who arrogantly presume to know and dictate how …"

"In the long run my observations have convinced me that some men, reasoning preposterously, first establish some conclusion in their minds which, either because of its being their own or because of the…"

"Death is hard to keep in mind when there is work to be done. … Work does not by its nature permit us to do anything other than take it too seriously. It must destroy our sense of perspective, and we s…"

"In the long term, we've got to defeat an ideology of hate with an ideology of hope. There's a reason why people like bin Laden are able to recruit suiciders, because if you don't have hope, you're att…"