Quote by Laurence Peter , Granville Hicks (1901-1982)

• America is a country that doesn't know where it is going but is determined to set a speed record getting there.

• A man doesn't know what he knows until he knows what he doesn't know.

• America is a land of taxation that was founded to avoid taxation.

• Democracy is a process by which people are free to choose the man who will get the blame.

• An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen today.

• A pessimist is a man who looks both ways when he crosses the street.