[RickJWag]

"This situation can’t endure for long – years, perhaps, but not decades."

Time will prove this to be nonsense.

[_emacsomancer_]

Yes, that line struck me too. I wouldn't have balked so much at something like "This situation can’t endure for long – decades, perhaps, but not centuries."

[prepend]

I think the date on this quote is 1900.

People who speak in absolutes, I typically ignore. Or I really evaluate the raw data.