Quote of the Day | 0416
Again and again, the most senior figures in government, proud of their research, wisdom and analytical ability, with power, resources, staff, and highly-developed theories, have launched initiatives which were unnecessary. They imagined they understood situations. They ignored what was healthy, and vigorous about the existing situation. They thought they were addressing an urgent problem, when it was less serious, and less urgent, than they imagined. They believed they had a better alternative, when they didn’t. And forgot their mistakes almost as soon as they had made them.
Which brings us to history. […]
Rory Stewart MP, ‘History For Politicians of Today’
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