Quality in a classical Greek sense is how to live with grace and intelligence, with bravery and mercy. intelligence
If you make a living, if you earn your own money, you're free - however free one can be on this planet. money
Power in America today is control of the means of communication. communication & power
The flood of money that gushes into politics today is a pollution of democracy. money & politics
Politics in America is the binding secular religion. religion