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“We are grateful to those who understood that discretion was not optional. It would have been impossible to achieve the desired outcome had appetite been allowed to masquerade as choice. The public believes it governs its cravings; in practice, they must be governed for it. Decisions were therefore made quietly, in advance, and without consultation. The firm restraint exercised by a small and serious circle is infinitely preferable to the instability that arises when the masses are permitted to indulge gabagool according to their own judgment.”
― David Rockefeller