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All political thinking for years past has been vitiated in the same way. People can foresee the future only when it coincides with their own wishes, and the most grossly obvious facts can be ignored when they are unwelcome.

— George Orwell

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

It is the future, of course, which politicians grapple with, and that is why politics is so disorderly. Only history clears away some of the debris.

— Madeleine M. Kunin

There's lots about politics I don't feel comfortable with. To talk about the politics of future ideas is impossible in soundbite form.

— Al Gore

Politics is the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen.

— Winston Churchill

I've always viewed politics the following way: if you do a good job at the job you're doing, you'll have opportunities to do other things in the future. Maybe things you never envisioned.

— Marco Rubio

The purpose of thinking about the future is not to predict it but to raise people's hopes.

— Freeman Dyson

Times have changed; so must the lenses through which we see the political future.

— Tariq Ramadan

For every minute, the future is becoming the past.

— Thor Heyerdahl

The future will be determined in part by happenings that it is impossible to foresee; it will also be influenced by trends that are now existent and observable.

— Emily Greene Balch

A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen.

— Winston Churchill

✗Opposing Perspectives

The future belongs to those who see possibilities before they become obvious.

— John Sculley