October 19, 2016 --

{T}here is nothing more difficult to manage, or more doubtful of success, or more dangerous to handle than to take the lead in introducing a new order of things. For the innovator has enemies in all those who are doing well under the old order, and he has only lukewarm defenders in all those who would do well under the new order,

This lukewarmness arises partly from fear of their adversaries who have the laws in their uide, and partly from the incredulity of men who do not truly believe in new things until they have had a solid experience of them. (Translated by Wayne A. Rebhorn, Barnes & Noble Classics, p. 25.)