Engineers were the only members of the community "who understand the needs of the nation, desires of the workmen, and the power of the productive forces"
p. 332 as cited in: J.T. Knoedler (1997) "Veblen and technical efficiency". In: Journal of Economic Issues, Vol. 31, No. 4 (Dec., 1997), pp. 1011-1026. - Organizing for Work, 1919