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John Kenneth Galbraith

Politics is the art of choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable.

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Politics often involves making decisions where none of the options are truly good, but some are less harmful than others. Leaders must weigh these difficult choices and select the one that causes the least damage or discomfort, even if it is still unpleasant.

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