The first rule of tinkering is, of course, 'save all the parts.' But in dismantling the social fabric, the parts cannot all be saved, for one of them is . Time, we were told, is a river flowing endlessly through the universe and one cannot step into the same river twice. Not only can we not undo actions taken in haste and in fear {the Japanese Internment}, but those taken from the best reasons, but that have proved destructive {affirmative action}; the essential mechanism of societal preservation is not inspiration, but restraint.
( David Mamet )
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