I was part of the consensus view on derivatives, and it’s fair to say that the consensus missed it. We should have done more to protect the American people.

Delusion is a dense cold forest of intrests where freedom cannot unfold.

The real voyage of discovery lies not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.

The ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are right and when they are wrong, are more powerful than is commonly understood. Indeed, the world is ruled by little else. Practical men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from intellectual influences, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist. Madmen in authority, who hear voices in the air, are distilling their frenzy from some academic scribbler of a few years back.

The dreams in which I’m dying are the best I’ve ever had.