Nothing Distinguishes More Clearly Conditions

To Undertake The Direction Of The Economic Life Of People With Widely Divergent Ideals And Values Is To Assume Responsibilities Which Commit One To The Use Of Force; It Is To Assume A Position Where The Best Intentions Cannot Prevent One From Being Forced To Act In A Way Which To Some Of Those Affected Must Appear Highly Immoral. This Is True Even If We Assume The Dominant Power To Be As Idealistic And Unselfish As We Can Possibly Conceive. But How Small Is The Likelihood That It Will Be Unselfish, And How Great Are The Temptations!

It Can Hardly Be Denied That Such A Demand Quite Arbitrarily Limits The Facts Which Are To Be Admitted As Possible Causes Of The Events Which Occur In The Real World.

To Act On The Belief That We Possess The Knowledge And The Power Which Enable Us To Shape The Processes Of Society Entirely To Our Liking, Knowledge Which In Fact We Do Not Possess, Is Likely To Make Us Do Much Harm.

No Human Mind Can Comprehend All The Knowledge Which Guides The Actions Of Society.

Economic Transactions Between National Bodies Who Are At The Same Time The Supreme Judges Of Their Own Behavior, Who Bow To No Superior Law, And Whose Representatives Cannot Be Bound By Any Considerations But The Immediate Interest Of Their Respective Nations, Must End In Clashes Of Power.