Memo

You can compel a man to refuse unlimited wealth as successfully as asking him to refuse falling in love. This is a certainty, and it is how we have negotiated the course of history. It has provided the machine that keeps us on track. No doubt wealth can cause as much misery as love when handled improperly, but love is beyond understanding, so we focus on wealth. It provides us a tool for damage control in a global society that seems determined to destroy itself. By managing the distribution of wealth responsibly, we are humanity's greatest weapon against tyranny and abuse of power.

Be thankful we are its masters and not the throngs of unsavory individuals who claw each other's backs on the way to the top. We cannot change what motivates them any more than we can control their methods. We can only steer the carat this way and that. The free world depends on choice, so we must continue to give them the illusion that they have it. This is how we do business. This is how we advance human prosperity, and do it according criteria beneficial for everyone. We give order to the world and only ask it to return the favor.