Quotation of the Day…

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… is from page 394 of the 2016 second edition of Thomas Sowell’s Wealth, Poverty and Politics:

Most notable economic, technological or intellectual achievements involve multiple factors – beginning with a desire to succeed in the particular endeavor, without which all the ability and opportunity mean nothing, just as desire and the opportunity mean nothing without the ability. What this implies, among other things, is that an individual, a people, or a nation may have some, many or most of the prerequisites for a given achievement without having any real success in producing that achievement. And yet that individual, that people or that nation may suddenly burst upon the scene with spectacular success when whatever the missing factor or factors are finally get added to the mix.