Charles Krauthammer (1950–2018) American journalist
2010s, 2011, Are we alone in the universe? (2011)
“We grow justly weary of our politics. But we must remember this: Politics – in all its grubby, grasping, corrupt, contemptible manifestations – is sovereign in human affairs. Everything ultimately rests upon it. Fairly or not, politics is the driver of history.”
2010s, 2011, Are we alone in the universe? (2011)
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