"The statesman who should attempt to direct private people in what manner they ought to employ their capitals, would ... assume an authority which could safely be trusted, not only to no single person, but to no council or senate whatever, and which would nowhere be so dangerous as in the hands of a man who had folly and presumption enough to fancy himself fit to exercise it." -- Adam Smith (1723-1790) Scottish philosopher and economist Source: An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, 1776
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"Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what you want them to achieve, and they will surprise you with their ingenuity." -- General George S. Patton, Jr. (1885-1945)
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"Many laws as certainly make bad men, as bad men make many bad laws." -- Walter Savage Landor (1775-1864) Source: Imaginary Conversations, 1829
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