The fact that you can only do a little is no excuse for doing nothing. - John le Carré

Elections are a Western jerk-off.

Tessa Quayle: Sir, I’ve just got one question. I just wondered: Whose map is Britain using when it completely ignores the United Nations and decides to invade Iraq? Or do you think it’s more diplomatic to bend the will of a superpower and politely take part in Vietnam the sequel? Justin Quayle: Well, I can’t speak for Sir Bernard.
Tessa Quayle: Oh, I thought that’s why you were here.
Justin Quayle: I mean, diplomats have to go where they’re sent.
Tessa Quayle: So do Labradors.
Justin Quayle: Ouch. Well, I think that, no, Sir Bernard would no doubt argue that when peaceful means are exhausted, then - Tessa Quayle: Exhausted? Mr. Quayle, they’re not exactly exhausted, are they? I mean, they’re just — they’re just — no, they are just lying in the way of the tanks. No, let’s face it: We’ve taken 60 years to build up this international organization called the United Nations, which is meant to avoid wars, and now we just blow it up because our car is running out of petrol.

No problem exists in isolation, one must first reduce it to its basic components, then tackle each component in turn.