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One of the most remarkable feats of those with the vision of the anointed has been the maintenance of their reputations in the face of repeated predictions that proved to be wrong by miles.

— Thomas Sowell, The Vision of the Anointed: Self-Congratulation as a Basis for Social Policy (1995)

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