Intractable Issues Quotes

Ethnic and religious conflict remain the most intractable and dangerous problems in the world today.

I like solving problems that seem intractable. That's how I thrive.

... the most insoluble problems are those which by their very nature can have no space within them for dreams.

We have this history of impossible solutions to insoluble problems.

There are sometimes problems for which there is no immediate solution, and there are sometimes problems for which there is no solution.

I've never seen Washington as divided as we are right now.

The presidential candidates are offering prescriptions for everything from Iraq to healthcare, but listen closely. Their fixes are situational and incremental. Meanwhile, the underlying structural problems in American politics and government are systemic and prevent us from solving our most intractable challenges.

Politics presents few win-win situations for partisans on either side.

There are some problems that technology can't solve.

Can you ever “solve” poverty? Can you ever “solve” crime? Can you ever “solve” disease, unemployment, war, or any other societal herpes? Hell no.