Thought for Tuesday, Nov 17, 2009

Golden Oldie

... it is not enough to show that a situation is bad;
it is also necessary to be reasonably certain that the
problem has been properly described, fairly certain
that the proposed remedy will improve it, and
virtually certain that it will not make it worse.

-Robert Conquest
(As quoted in _Basic Economics,
A Citizen's Guide to the Economy_
by Thomas Sowell)