I am afraid that I do not believe that any body of men can have enough knowledge of the past, the present and the future to establish development priorities — which presumably means procuring some developments as being good and prohibiting others as being bad.


March 27, 1968, page 212. - Official Report of Proceedings of the Hong Kong Legislative Council

John James Cowperthwaite Quotes

I am afraid that I do not believe that any body of men can have enough knowledge of the past, the present and the future to establish development...

I am afraid that I do not believe that any body of men can have enough knowledge of the past, the present and the future to establish development...

I am afraid that I do not believe that any body of men can have enough knowledge of the past, the present and the future to establish development...

I am afraid that I do not believe that any body of men can have enough knowledge of the past, the present and the future to establish development...