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This year's race for president can be summed up easily by two well-known quotes (one in Sam's essay): Edmund Burke - "The only thing necessary for the triumph
by smoyer 10y ago
This year's race for president can be summed up easily by two well-known quotes (one in Sam's essay):
Edmund Burke - "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."
Albert Einstein - "Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."
- lucio 10y agofunny thing, the Burke one seems to be a misquote https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Burke#False_quotations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Burke#False_quotations
- mikeash 10y agoI'm pretty sure the Einstein one is as well. And really, I find that to be fairly stupid. If you consider it to be insane to do the same thing repeatedly expecting different results, then you'll never accomplish anything that requires long-term action. Try chopping down a tree or graduating from college with that attitude.