Everybody's for democracy in principle. It's only in practice that the thing gives rise to stiff objections.
Meg GreenfieldIf a politician murders his mother, the first response of the press or of his opponents will likely be not that it was a terrible thing to do, but rather that in a statement made six years before he had gone on record as being opposed to matricide.
Meg GreenfieldIn government and out, there are vast realms of the bureaucracy dedicated to seeking more information, in perpetuity if need be, in order to avoid taking action.
Meg Greenfield