A Quote by James Wolfensohn

If you're changing the status quo, whatever move you make is disrupting something else.

James Wolfensohn

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James Wolfensohn
Australian - Businessman
Born: December 1, 1933

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Nigel Farage

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The State is a collection of officials, different for difference purposes, drawing comfortable incomes so long as the status quo is preserved. The only alteration they are likely to desire in the status quo is an increase of bureaucracy and the power of bureaucrats.

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