Jesselman chapter 4

Q: where does the movement for planning get its present strength and what is a problem with it?

A:"the movement for planning owes its present strength largely to the fact that, while planning is in the main still an ambition, it unites almost all the single-minded idealists, all the men and women who have devoted their lives to a sinlge task. The hopes they place in plannning, however, are the result not of a comprehensive view of our society but rather of a very limited view and often the result of a great exaggeration of the importance of the events they place foremost. This is not to underrate the great pragmatic value of this type of men in a free society like ours, which makes them the subject of just admiration. But it would make the very men who are most anxious to plan society the most dangerous if they were allowed to do so - and the most intolerant of the planning of others" (62).