Originally published on the CGS blog on May 9, 2007.
Time to play a little game of name that pundit. Who said the following, when, and about whom?
Power-worship blurs political judgement because it leads, almost unavoidably, to the belief that present trends will continue. Whoever is winning at the moment will always seem to be invincible….This habit of mind leads also to the belief that things will happen more quickly, completely, and catastrophically than they ever do in practice. The rise and fall of empires, the disappearance of cultures and religions, are expected to happen with earthquake suddenness and processes which have barely started are talked about as though they were already at an end.
Well, clearly it wasn’t George Bush . First to guess correctly gets… well you get my undying admiration. And your favorite beverage at the coffee shop of your choice.
Answer to follow later this afternoon…
