It is a consolation or a misfortune that the wrong kind of people are too often correct in their prognostications of the future; the far-seeing are also the foolish.
Robbie RossMots clés foresight oscar-wilde predictions prescience
It would not be an exaggeration to say that the land question in Zimbabwe is the single most decisive one.
Christopher HitchensMots clés politics land zimbabwe 1979 land-reform land-reform-in-zimbabwe prescience
This may be the most important proposition revealed by history: 'At the time, no one knew what was coming.
Haruki MurakamiMots clés future history prescience
Outsiders became keen to join an organization [European Community] that offered attractive bribes to the poor. Greece did so in 1981 and Spain and Portugal in 1986.” - written before 2003.
J.M. RobertsMots clés european-union prescience
Armon stared into the wild darkness of his opponent and saw a reflection of his own fall.
Wayne Gerard TrotmanMots clés scifi fight darkness science-fiction reflection fighting sci-fi wild defeat opponent telepathy combat psychic prescient prescience psychic-powers telepathic
We have seen segments of our Government, in their attitudes and action, adopt tactics unworthy of a democracy, and occasionally reminiscent of totalitarian regimes. We have seen a consistent pattern in which programs initiated with limited goals, such as preventing criminal violence or identifying foreign spies, were expanded to what witnesses characterized as "vacuum cleaners", sweeping in information about lawful activities of American citizens. The tendency of intelligence activities to expand beyond their initial scope is a theme which runs through every aspect of our investigative findings. Intelligence collection programs naturally generate ever-increasing demands for new data. And once intelligence has been collected, there are strong pressures to use it against the target.
Church CommitteeMots clés secrecy predictions surveillance abuse-of-power data national-security prescience
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