To me, the failure of liberalism - the tradition I come from - was not recognizing there has to be justice across the generations.

Richard Lamm
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  1. All we know about the new economic world tells us that nations which train engineers will prevail over those which train lawyers. No nation has ever sued its way to greatness.
  2. To me, the failure of liberalism - the tradition I come from - was not recognizing there has to be justice across the generations.
  3. Christmas is the time when kids tell Santa what they want and adults pay for it. Deficits are when adults tell government what they want and their kids pay for it.
  4. Christmas is a time when kids tell Santa what they want and adults pay for it. Deficits are when adults tell the government what they want - and their kids pay for it.
  5. Medical need is an infinitely expandable concept. There is always one more marginal procedure that can be done. There is no end to the medical and surgical treatments that a technologically sophisticated and advanced society can give to aging bodies.
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