Sometimes I think the one form of experience people are incapable of learning from is the political experience.

About This Quote

The political experience is a strange one for people to learn from. It is not a place where people can see the good and the bad of a situation. The political experience forces people to be at odds with those they love most. It is a place where terrible things happen to innocent people out of jealousy or just because someone thinks it’s fun. This doesn’t mean that all politics are terrible, but it’s easy to see why people would learn from the worst of them.

Source: The Golden Notebook

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