“The tragedy of all political action is that some problems have no solution; none of the alternatives are intellectually consistent or morally uncompromising; and whatever decision is taken will harm somebody.” ProblemActionPoliticalDecisionTakenPoliticianSolutionsTragedyHarmAlternativesConsistentUncompromisingPolitical Action Book:Intellectuals in politics: three biographical essays Source: Intellectuals in politics: three biographical essays
“Drons change the way politicians think about war. You already have society's barriers against war dropping, and now you have a technology that takes the barriers to the ground. We can carry it out without having to deal with some of the consequences of sending our sons and daughters into harm's way.” ThinkingWayWarDealsTechnologySonPoliticianDaughterConsequenceHarmBarriersDroppingSon And DaughterAgainst War Author:P. W. Singer
“I don't believe less in American government because of a bad politician. I don't believe less in the Catholic Church because of a criminal priest but I wish we were doing more - and had done more in the past especially - to do something about these things. It doesn't harm my faith but it gets me just mad that these things have existed.” BelieveDoneGovernmentPastWishChurchPoliticianCatholicMadDon't BelieveHarmCriminalsPriestsCatholic ChurchAmerican Government Author:Lino Rulli
“Politicians have immense power to do harm to the economy. But they have very little power to do good.” LittlesEconomyPoliticianHarmImmense Author:Walter E. Williams
“I have never understood why the politicians who are most eager to send soldiers into harm's way are always depicted as their most ardent friends.” WayPoliticianUnderstoodSoldierHarmArdent Author:Joe Conason
“There's politics. When you talk about Asia - no one really wants to approach that full-force because it's very thin ice. No one wants to harm the relations with Asia, where most of those products are going to and being exported to. Many of the local institutions and politicians and veterinarians are involved in illegal trade. To crack that down, it's a big crime and big names to reveal.” WantBigsNamesForceCrimeProductsInvolvedPoliticianApproachRelationInstitutionsTradeHarmLocalsIceIllegalCracksAsiaVeterinarian Author:Veronika Varekova
“Never vote for the best candidate, vote for the one who will do the least harm.” FunnyPoliticsPoliticianVoteHarmCandidatesSarcasmSarcastic Author:Frank Dane
“I think this mythology - that we're all beyond race, of course our police officers aren't racist, of course our politicians don't mean any harm to people of color - this idea that we're beyond all that (so it must be something else) makes it difficult for young people as well as the grown-ups to be able to see clearly and honestly the truth of what's going on. It makes it difficult to see that the backlash against the Civil Rights Movement manifested itself in the form of mass incarceration, in the form of defunding and devaluing schools serving kids of color and all the rest.” PeopleThinkingWellsMeanIdeasKidsAbleSchoolFormYoungCoursesDifficultRaceRightsMovementColorPoliticianMassPoliceHarmHonestlyMythologyCivil RightsRacistServingOfficersCivil Rights MovementPolice OfficerIncarcerationBacklashMass Incarceration Author:Michelle Alexander
“It does no harm just once in a while to acknowledge that the whole country isn't in flames, that there are people in the country besides politicians, entertainers, and criminals.” PeopleDoeCountryWholeLiteratureJusticePoliticianHarmCriminalsAcknowledgeFlamesEntertainers Author:Charles Kuralt