When a politician is in opposition he is an expert on the means to some end; and when he is in office he is an expert on the obstacles to it. (G. K. Chesterton)

When a politician is in opposition he is an expert on the means to some end; and when he is in office he is an expert on the obstacles to it.

G. K. Chesterton

Related topics

end office means

Related quotes

The end cannot justify the means for the simple and obvious reason that the means employed determine the nature of the ends produced. View quote
Aldous Huxley
Now it stands to reason, mister, any damn fool stares into the sun long enough, he'll end up seeing exactly what some other damn fool tells him he's going to see. View quote
John D. MacDonald
It happens fast for some people and slow for some, accidents or gravity, but we all end up mutilated. View quote
Chuck Palahniuk
The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the end justifies the means. View quote
Georges Bernanos
Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship. View quote
George Orwell