We always carry out by committee anything in which any one of us alone would be too reasonable to persist.
Source: The Colby Essays, vol. 1, Subsidizing Authors, 1926.
-- Frank Moore Colby, (Feb 10 1865-1925), US encyclopedia editor, essayist; His collection of essays, The Colby Essays, 1921, includes On Seeing Ten Bad Plays and Trials of an Encyclopedist.