Through the New York Times, a beautiful quotable quote:
They swapped principle for power. They ended up with neither. They deserved to lose… [The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World. Alan Greenspan]
The article starts like this:
WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 — Alan Greenspan, who was chairman of the Federal Reserve for nearly two decades, in a long-awaited memoir, is harshly critical of President Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and the Republican-controlled Congress, as abandoning their party’s principles on spending and deficits. [Fed’s Ex-Chief Attacks Bush on Fiscal Role. New York Times. September 15 2007]
The statement by Mr. Greenspan must remind everybody of another quotable quote of old that has been allegedly made by Benjamin Frankin:
Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.
