The markets want to force us to do certain things. That we won't do. Politicians have to make sure that we're unassailable, that we can make policy for the people. ↗
Of two pleasures, if there be one which all or almost all who have experience of both give a decided preference, irrespective of any feeling of moral obligation to prefer it, that is the more desirable pleasure. ↗
Family traditions counter alienation and confusion. They help us define who we are; they provide something steady, reliable and safe in a confusing world. ↗