“Good politics, like good art, does not lecture or declaim. It strains; it argues; it is an unending negotiation with the difficult and intransigent adventure of humanity”
Arts & Letters Daily • 2/11/2026
Summary
Good politics, like good art, does not lecture or declaim. It involves straining, arguing, and is characterized as an unending negotiation with the difficult and intransigent adventure of humanity.
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