The Founders recognized that Government is quite literally a necessary evil, that there must be opposition, between its various branches, and between political parties, for these are the only ways to temper the individual's greed for power and the electorates' desires for peace by submission to coercion or blandishment.
David MametWhere in the wide history of the world do we find art created by the excessively wealthy, powerful, or educated?
David MametIt is the writerโs job to make the play interesting. It is the actorโs job to make the performance truthful.
David MametThe honest man might observe... that no one gets something for nothing; that politicians go in poor and go out rich; that the Government screws up everything it touches; and that the Will to Believe is best confined to the Religious Venue, as to practice it elsewhere is just too damned expensive.
David Mamet