Source: The Best of All Possible Worlds (2006), Chapter 7, May The Best One Win, p. 144.
Context: In the struggle for life, or in the struggle for power, there is no reason why their victory would make the world better than it was. There is no invisible hand guiding these processes, dealing out victory to the most deserving.
Chance is their leader.
The Renaissance in India (1918)
“A little arrogance in the hands of the capable is well earned - and in most case, deserved.”
page 79
Dark Rooms (2002)
“The reason that the invisible hand often seems invisible is that it is often not there.”
Quoted in Daniel Altman, "Managing Globalization: Q & A with Joseph Stiglitz" http://blogs.iht.com/tribtalk/business/globalization/?p=177, The International Herald Tribune (2006-10-11).
“Faith is stepping out into the unknown with nothing to guide us but a hand just beyond our grasp.”
Source: The Magnificent Defeat (1966)
Source: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/private-luncheon-conversation-dr-dora-akunyili-fighting-corruption-drug-markets-and-advancing Dora at a private meeting at the Wilson Centre in 2006.
“A man deserves a second chance, but keep an eye on him.”
