Sage System

Famous quotes containing the words sage and/or system:

“I wish you all manner of prosperity, with a little more taste.”
—Alain-René Le Sage (1668–1747)

“Every political system is an accumulation of habits, customs, prejudices, and principles that have survived a long process of trial and error and of ceaseless response to changing circumstances. If the system works well on the whole, it is a lucky accident—the luckiest, indeed, that can befall a society.”
—Edward C. Banfield (b. 1916)