Peter Tork Quotes

The world cannot be governed without juggling.

No advantages in this world are pure and unmixed.

You know, we always tried to rationalize by saying you take the good, you take the upside, you got to deal with the downside, you've to take the downside.

Although a Kingdom may be enriched by gifts received, or by purchase taken from some other Nations, yet these are things uncertain and of small consideration when they happen. The ordinary means therefore to increase our wealth and treasure is by Foreign Trade

Trade never balances. It hasn’t since 1776.

All advantages are attended with disadvantages.

Choice is a form of compromise, no? So why choose if you can have both?

Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality, the costs become prohibitive.

Saying 'yes' to one thing means saying 'no' to another. That's why decisions can be hard sometimes.

No nation was ever ruined by trade.

What's called a difficult decision is a difficult decision because either way you go there are penalties.

If you have difficulties making a decision, choose the lesser of the two evils.

Between two evils, choose neither; between two goods, choose both.

We are determined that our nation shall cease to be a burden on other countries but shall contribute positively to world prosperity, while observing fully the fair trade practices in international commerce.

Statesmanship is harder than politics. Politics is the art of getting along with people, whereas statesmanship is the art of getting along with politicians.

Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts.

There are a lot of perks that come with fame, and with every positive there's a negative, and then it all kind of balances out.

Free trade is very important if we respect equality among nations.

Politics is not bean bags. It's serious, tough stuff.

In all human affairs one notices, if one examines them closely, that it is impossible to remove one inconvenience without another emerging.

Don't make such a big deal out of this trade deficit…. In the United States you cannot find anybody to produce such labor-intensive products and it will be more expensive if you were to import such products from other countries and the regions than China. Only China is in the best position to produce such products, and this is also beneficial to China because this has provided job opportunities to China.

Countries trade with one another for the same reasons that individuals, businesses, and regions do: to exploit their comparative advantages.

The democratic element has a fortunate effect in the political sphere when it is balanced by another force. We have this advantage over our neighbors, the Americans, who have extreme democracy.

Of what do we complain? A total incapacity, produced by the foreign policy, to purchase, at any price, necessary foreign objects of consumption.

All legislation is founded upon the principle of mutual concession.