In their zeal for particular kinds of decisions to be made, those with the vision of the anointed seldom consider the nature of the: process: by which decisions are made. Often what they propose amounts to third-party decision making by people who pay no cost for being wrong-surely one of the least promising ways of reaching decisions satisfactory to those who must live with the consequences.

The Vision of the Anointed: Self-congratulation as a Basis for Social Policy (ed. Basic Books, 1995) - ISBN: 9780465089956