Because politics rests on an irreducible measure of coercion, it can never become a perfect realm of perfect love and justice.
“I've had the good fortune and blessing to run for the offices for which I really wanted to do the work.”
“Moral justification is a powerful disengagement mechanism. Destructive conduct is made personally and socially acceptable by portraying it in the service of moral ends. This is why most appeals against violent means usually fall on deaf ears.”