Walter Wriston Quotes

The Doomsayers have always had their uses, since they trigger the coping mechanism that often prevents the events they forecast.

Walter Wriston

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• The Doomsayers have always had their uses, since they trigger the coping mechanism that often prevents the events they forecast.

  

  Walter Wriston
  • Mechanism
  • Trigger
  • Coping