"In the long run, the aggregate of the decisions of individual businessmen, exercising individual judgment in a free economy, even if often mistaken, is likely to do less harm than the centralized decisions of a Government; and certainly the harm is likely to be counteracted faster."
Sir John James Cowperthwaite, Hong Kong Financial Secretary from 1961 to 1971.
Dugoročno gledano, sveukupan broj odluka pojedinačnih privrednika, donošenjem vlastitih prosuđivanja u slobodnoj ekonomiji, čak i ako bi često bili u zabludi, je vjerovatno manje štetno nego centralizovano odlučivanje Vlade, a zasigurno je vjerovatno da će tako i šteta biti brže neutralisana.
Sir John James Cowperthwaite, Financijski Sekretar Hong Konga od 1961 do 1971.