When a problem threatens to engulf you, there's nothing like irrelevant detail to keep your head above water.
John le CarreIf there is one eternal truth of politics, it is that there are always a dozen good reasons for doing nothing.
John le CarreThe cold war provided the perfect excuse for Western governments to plunder and exploit the Third World in the name of freedom; to rig its elections, bribe its politicians, appoint its tyrants and, by every sophisticated means of persuasion and interference, stunt the emergence of young democracies in the name of democracy.
John le Carre