But it can be laid down as a rule that those who speak most of liberty are least inclined to use it. - John Kenneth Galbraith

There are two kinds of forecasters: those who don’t know, and those who don’t know they don’t know.

All successful revolutions are the kicking in of a rotten door. The violence of revolutions is the violence of men who charge into a vacuum.

The consequences of successful action seemed almost as terrible as the consequences of inaction, and they could be more horrible for those who took the action. A bubble can easily be punctured. But to incise it with a needle so that it subsides gradually is a task of no small delicacy.