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“The absence of utopianism in the Constitution, law, and traditional political culture has been ... important in limiting expectations concerning what can be achieved by politics. The history of the last two centuries confirms what the framers of the Constitution understood: that the perfect is the enemy of the good, and the search for unalloyed virtue in public life leads to unalloyed terror.”

Has Beens Two Important Lasts Law Political Culture Perfect Enemy Virtue Century Expectations Understood Constitution Terror Absence Traditional Public Life Framers Political Culture

Author:Jeane Kirkpatrick

“In the twentieth century, death terrifies men less than the absence of real life.”

Men Real Century Absence Real Life Twentieth Century

Book:Situationism: A Compendium

Source: Situationism: A Compendium