No perfect solution is, not merely in practice, but in principle, possible in human affairs, and any determined attempt to produce it is likely to lead to suffering, disillusionment and failure.


The Crooked Timber of Humanity: Chapters in the History of Ideas (ed. Princeton University Press, 2013) - ISBN: 9781400847815

Isaiah Berlin Quotes

No perfect solution is, not merely in practice, but in principle, possible in human affairs, and any determined attempt to produce it is likely to...

No perfect solution is, not merely in practice, but in principle, possible in human affairs, and any determined attempt to produce it is likely to...

No perfect solution is, not merely in practice, but in principle, possible in human affairs, and any determined attempt to produce it is likely to...

No perfect solution is, not merely in practice, but in principle, possible in human affairs, and any determined attempt to produce it is likely to...