Delusion, Delusions Quotes
Although a popular Einstein quote, according the Quote Investigator, there is no evidence he wrote or said these words. The earliest evidence for this quote comes from a 1981 newspaper article reporting on an Al-Anon meeting.
This absurd statement was made in the midst of the huge Black protests against the Apartheid regime. It was very similar to what the Southern racist, segregationist politicians of the American South used to say about the Southern Negroes who in their view were only unhappy when the “communist outsiders” talk to the them and incite them.
See {638470} for more on the subject by Mencken.
At the time, a very large proportion of Americans believed that the so called sightings of flying saucers were observations of alien spacecraft. Actually, there has never been a confirmation of any flying saucer despite a small cadre of conspiracy theorists who believe that the government has been covering up the presence of aliens doe years.
This is true fir government even more so than business. Politicians tend to focus on policy making and having vision, but most policy visions fail for lack of execution.
