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“We must dare to think 'unthinkable' thoughts. We must learn to explore all the options and possibilities that confront us in a complex and rapidly changing world.”

Thinking World Change Possibility Politician Complexes Incredibles Dare Complexity Unusual Exploring Unbelievable Unthinkable Improbable Confronting

Author:J. William Fulbright

“The politicians, who once stated that war was too complex to be left to the generals, now act as though peace were too complex to be left to themselves.”

War Left Peace Politician Complexes

Book:Against the Current: Selected Writings 1939-1996

Source: Against the Current: Selected Writings 1939-1996

“Incivility is a symptom, not the disease. We've always had partisan conflict in Congress, and we always will. Yet when I worked for a year (1970-71) on the staff of Sen. Ed Muskie of Maine, this was a different place, more collegial, more sensitive to data, more concerned about all of the American people. I think because the for-profit media prizes conflict above cooperation and sound bites above analysis, politicians have learned to adapt to those tendencies. Consequently, our public debates are dumbed down as our problems grow more complex.”

“Our agenda, by necessity, is as complex and encompassing as the problems we face: beware of politicians promising simple solutions.”

Problem Faces Simple Politician Solutions Complexes Agendas Simple Solutions

Book:The spirit of community: rights, responsibilities, and the communitarian agenda

Source: The spirit of community: rights, responsibilities, and the communitarian agenda

“To me, a mark of maturity is realizing that nobody runs the world. Fat cat politicians and secret conspiracies don't control our lives. In reality, the world is much more complex than that.”

World Reality Running Realizing Secret Our Lives Politician Cat Mark Complexes Fats Maturity Conspiracy

Author:George Meyer

“By the end of the documentary [ '13th'], you really understand what prison is, what the prison industrial complex is, where this whole Black Lives Matter movement comes from, the history of resistance, the history of how politicians have used criminality over the decades for a particular political gain. It's to give people an understanding of it so they can make their own decisions about how they want to be in the world.”

“Life and people are complex. A writer as an artist doesn't have the personality of a politician. We don't see the world that simply.”

People World Artist Personality Politician Complexes

Author:Joyce Carol Oates