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We are apt to say that a foreign policy is successful only when the country, or at any rate the governing class, is united behind it. In reality, every line of policy is repudiated by a section, often by an influential section, of the country concerned. A foreign minister who waited until everyone agreed with him would have no foreign policy at all.
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The brands with which we surround ourselves prop us up, make us feel sexy and beautiful, when in reality we're pretty dumpy creatures.
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Reality is painful -- it's so much easier to keep doing stuff you know you're good at or else to pick something so hard there's no point at which it's obvious you're failing -- but it's impossible to get better without confronting it.
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My critique of democracy begins and ends with this point. Kids must be educated to disrespect authority or else democracy is a farce.
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Democracy is constructed like an edifice, freedom by freedom, right by right, until it reaches its snapping point.
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We have declared a bitter war against the principle of democracy and all those who seek to enact it.
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Experience means conflict, our natures being what they are, and conflict means drama.
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The reality is that we are hated not because of our democracy, freedoms, and generous social security system; rather, we are hated because of our involvement in foreign conflicts and quarrels that were never our concern.
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Always pass a plate of forgiveness before each verbal feast.
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My mother loves me and everything goes well. I have no conflict with her, so that's not dramatic.
