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When the business community and our leaders cease to speak out on matters of public concern, they turn their backs on the foundations of our country's success.

— Robert Rubin

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In the United States, refusal to confront a longer-term fiscal threat is not new.

Some people I’ve encountered in various phases of my career seem more certain about everything than I am about anything.

The only place people find fulfillment is within themselves. And too often, that's the last place they look.

Higher education helps create the kind of citizenry that is central to a democracy’s ability to function and perhaps even to survive.

The challenges of opposing authoritarianism can be great. But the ever greater consequences, if authoritarianism is left to continue, can be many times more severe.

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