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America has always been a country of amateurs where the profession

America has always been a country of amateurs where the professional, that is to say, the man who claims authority as a member of an ?lite which knows the law in some field or other, is an object of distrust and resentment. – W. H. Auden

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This world is run by people who know how to do things. They know how things work. They are equipped. Up there, theres a layer of people who run everything. But we –were just peasants. We dont understand whats going on, and we cant do anything. – Doris Lessing

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Always listen to experts. Theyll tell you what cant be done and why. Then do it. – Robert A. Heinlein

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We forget that the most successful statesmen have been professionals. Lincoln was a professional politician. – Felix Frankfurter

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