People of the interwebs: I know someone famous said something about a crank being a little thing that makes revolutions, but can I find it? Can I heck. If you know better -- and I know it was not Abe Lincoln -- please let me know.
Jeremy Cherfaspublished this
but now that i’m googling, it appears it’s attributed to a few people.
, Mar 06 2018 on twitter.com
Why wouldn't DDG find that for me? Mind you, it is only "attrib." And ironically, considering it is you, my memory has it down for Ho Chi Minh, but I didn't want to say so.
, Mar 06 2018 on twitter.com
Think it was Schumacher
, Mar 06 2018 on twitter.com
Could have been. Certainly fits.
, Mar 06 2018 on twitter.com
weird. I haven’t seen a reference to HCM yet - only a few vague ones to a socialist vegetarian journal published in Victorian times.
, Mar 06 2018 on twitter.com
It's EF (Fritz) Schumacher. I heard him at a conference in 1976 where he declared that he was proud to be called a 'crank'. "A crank" he said "is a device for transforming a small movement into a great revolution." Also see a similar quote david-boyle.co.uk/books/moneycha… @SheilaDillon
, Mar 06 2018 on twitter.com
Thanks. That's two votes for Schumacher. The description of Rupert Brooke predates him, so it isn't original, but that isn't attributed to anyone.
, Mar 07 2018 on twitter.com
Also on: @EatPodcast
Henry George? “A crank is a little thing that makes revolutions”
frenchtart., Mar 06 2018 on twitter.com