It is difficult for the common good to prevail against the intense concentration of those who have a special interest, especially if the decisions are made behind locked doors.
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Regardless of the magnitude of the decision, our brains make it hard for us to keep the perspective we need to make good choices.
You cannot make easy decisions unless you first commit yourself to hard solutions.
It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong.
But I think that sensitivity is also a good counsellor when it comes to enforcing one's interests.
We need leaders who appeal to us to think about something other than narrow self-interest but instead focus upon the greater good.
When your values are clear to you, making decisions becomes easier.
It's easy to make good decisions when there are no bad options.
The hardest decisions in life are not between good and bad or right and wrong, but between two goods or two rights.
Decisions are made by those who show up.
Great interests demand great safeguards.
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