Quote#Wisdom
There must be opportunities for judgment to mature. When, therefore,…
Quote byLouis Brandeis · 1856–1941
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Testimony before the United States Senate, Committee On Interstate Commerce (December 14, 1911)..
English (original)
There must be opportunities for judgment to mature. When, therefore, you increase your business to a very great extent, and the multitude of problems increase with its growth, you will find, in the first place, that the man at the head has a diminishing knowledge of the facts and, in the second place, a diminishing opportunity of exercising a careful judgment upon them.
— Louis Brandeis
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