Mindwalk (1990)
Sam Waterston: Jack Edwards
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Quotes
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Jack : American voters want their leaders to be dumber than they are. They figure they'll do less harm that way.
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Jack : An Italian premier, just was just after Mussolini, was asked, "Is it difficult to govern Italians?" He said, "Difficult. No, not difficult. Only useless."
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Jack : It's the art of bringing people to agree on a certain course of action. If that course of action succeeds, the people are satisfied. If not, they're not. It's as simple as that. If it works, it's good. Period.
Thomas : Isn't that exactly what you said 'why politics doesn't work anymore'? That politics, you said, needed to become the 'art of the impossible'?
Jack : Whose side are you on?
Thomas : Hers, obviously. She's intelligent, gracious and more attractive.