The man who imagines a social system as a tree will have a different political outlook. A bad machine can be scrapped, and another put in its place. But if a tree is cut down, it is a long time before a new tree achieves the same strength and size.
Source: Bertrand Russell: On Education, especially in early childhood, 1926, Pt. 2： Education of character, chap. 6: Constructiveness.
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Trump's signature phrase is "You're fired!" It seems he believes that even someone he personally selected can simply be replaced with someone else if they face heavy public criticism or if he no longer likes them. Perhaps one could say, "The word 'reflection' doesn't exist in Trump's dictionary.
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