“It is far easier to concentrate power than to concentrate knowledge. That is why so much social engineering backfires and why so many despots have led their countries into disasters.”
― Intellectuals and Society
― Intellectuals and Society
“The feeling that the government should “do something” has seldom been based on a comparison of what actually happens when government does and when it does not “do something.”
― Applied Economics: Thinking Beyond Stage One
― Applied Economics: Thinking Beyond Stage One
“Maybe that's the way of things, too. That the more beautiful a thing is, the shorter it seems to last. People no less than flowers.”
― This Broken World
― This Broken World
“Bascal laughed. "You can't actually believe that, boyo. When was the last no-confidence vote in the Senate? The people of Earth were tired of responsibility; they forced it on my parents, and wouldn't take it back now even if they could.”
― The Wellstone
― The Wellstone
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