… is from page 256 of Thomas Sowell’s 1999 book, Barbarians Inside the Gates:
Have theorists wreaked more havoc than war? It is too close to call. Wars may be more destructive while they are raging, but they occur only at intervals, while half-baked theories are constantly creating needless disasters.


Have theorists wreaked more havoc than war? It is too close to call. Wars may be more destructive while they are raging, but they occur only at intervals, while half-baked theories are constantly creating needless disasters.
