He coined the phrase ''the inevitability of gradualness'', an important summary of the Fabian outlook of imposing socialism.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=spwraamV6GUC&pg=PA27|last1=Thompson|first1=Noel M.|title=Political Economy and the Labour Party: The Economics of Democratic Socialism, 1884-2005|date=2006|publisher=Psychology Press}}</ref> | He coined the phrase ''the inevitability of gradualness'', an important summary of the Fabian outlook of imposing socialism.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=spwraamV6GUC&pg=PA27|last1=Thompson|first1=Noel M.|title=Political Economy and the Labour Party: The Economics of Democratic Socialism, 1884-2005|date=2006|publisher=Psychology Press}}</ref> |