Simon Kuznets (1901–1985) economist
Source: Modern economic growth,(1966), p. 1, as cited in: Amitava Krishna Dutt, Jaime Ros (2008) International Handbook of Development Economics. p. 48; Definition of "modern economic growth"
“I find that moral courage is the most valuable and most usually absent characteristic.”
In a letter to Beatrice (22 August 1943), published in The Patton Papers 1940-1945 (1996) edited by Martin Blumenson https://books.google.com/books?id=eV2pRL7arKkC&pg=PT239&dq=Moral+courage+is+the+most+valuable+and+usually+the+most+absent+characteristic+in+men.&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjPrbHtvsXVAhXBRyYKHUz6CAw4ChDoAQhCMAU#v=onepage&q=Moral%20courage%20is%20the%20most%20valuable%20and%20usually%20the%20most%20absent%20characteristic%20in%20men.&f=false
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