Antoine de Saint-Exupery Quotes
An administration, like a machine, does not create. It carries on.
Saint-Exupéry, Antoine de. Flight to Arras. Translated by Lewis Galantière, Reynal & Hitchcock, 1942.
In 1875 Benjamin Disraeli had an opportunity to purchase the Suez Canal for Great Britain from the Khedive of Egypt who was in great need of cash. However, Disraeli had to act very fast and there was no way to quickly move an appropriation of the then very large sum of 4 million pounds through Parliament. So he sent Corry to ask Lionel Rothchild, the British financier, for a loan until the government might raise the money. Rothchild asked, what would be the security for such a large loan. Rothchild immediately gave the loan.
China, after overthrowing the Manchu Dynasty was struggling among many factions for control of the government. Many of the potential leaders were corrupt.
He was referring to the Controversial regulations issued in the 2nd week of the Truimp Administration.. It was the first acttion by President Trump that involved managment and operation of something. It was very badly handled where the epople who had to impliment it in many cases didn't have the same interpretation as the White House. And then the White hosue reversed their interpretation of various aspects when they realized that there were some unanticipated consequences. Not all the government employees agreed with the policy and the usual coordination throughout the government and there was no oppoprtunty for the middle managers to lead their subordinates in implementing the policy. As Baker observed, Government is very different from business and Trump never had any business experience. In American history, there had only been one other President was a wealthy and successful businessman--Herbert Hoover--and he had his difficulties.
Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger, comte de sainte exupery, simply known as de Saint-Exupéry, was a French writer, poet, aristocrat, journalist and pioneering aviator. He became a laureate of several of France's highest literary awards and also won the United States National Book Award. He is best remembered for his novella The Little Prince (Le Petit Prince) and for his lyrical aviation writings, including Wind, Sand and Stars and Night Flight.
