Thomas Friedman on American government
 

"I?ve always believed that America?s government was a unique political system ? one designed by geniuses so that it could be run by idiots. I was wrong. No system can be smart enough to survive this level of incompetence and recklessness by the people charged to run it."

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everybody should buy all of his books and read them