In times of crisis it's possible for populations to both overestimate and understimate the problems facing them, to oscillate between panic and wild optimism. This is because so much is unknown.
Rumor and alarm were rife in May 1940 or Sept 11 and indeed on any occasion in which the world trembled.
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too.
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too.
If.
"I'd rather be lucky than good."
