I love this sort of statement. It typically comes from business people, and right wing politicians who've got what they wanted. There's not question that the reforms are beneficial. That goes without saying. I'm sure left wing politicians would be the same, except they don't often seem to get what they want these days.
... politicians have shown considerable leadership, that is, political courage in support of some ideal. Many if not most pillars of economic reform were highly unpopular when initiated, and remain so to this day.
Nicholas Gruen in Reforming the Agenda
oooh wordpress.
+1
Oh by the way, I’ve written a little javascript that automatically converts blockquotes with the cite attribute into the quotes with an added link to the source.
Interested?
Willem / 6:46pm / 22 November 2005
Yeah. That would be neat.
Ryan / 9:39am / 23 November 2005