Heres a 165-year old but still fitting comment on public officials who are so sure theyre right that theyll drive over a cliff rather than compromise: Always to be right, always to trample forward, and never to doubt are not these the great qualities with which dullness takes the lead in the world? William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair: a Novel without a Hero (1848).The authors middle name really was Makepeace. As the quote shows, he disliked those who would not.
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William Makepeace Thackeray was a 19th-century English novelist and illustrator. William Makepeace Thackeray was an English novelist and illustrator. He is known for his satirical works, particularly his 1847–1848 novel Vanity Fair, a panoramic portrait of British society, and the 1844 novel The Luck of Barry Lyndon, which was adapted for a 1975 film by Stanley Kubrick. Read more on Wikipedia →