Democracy must be born anew every generation, and education is its midwife.

The most successful societies in the future will be those that can combine the efficiency of market economies with the social cohesion provided by traditional values.

I'm not perfect, but I strive for perfection.

And we also suck in messages from everything from the television, to advertising, to marketing, etc. These are hugely powerful forces that define what we want and how we view ourselves. When we're told that banking is a very respectable profession, a lot of us want to go into banking. When banking is no longer so respectable, we lose interest in banking. We are highly open to suggestion.