Why is it so painful to watch a person sink? Because there is something unnatural in it, for nature demands personal progress, evolution, and every backward step means wasted energy.
Sometimes you try to change, and you go backwards.
The transfer of Wall Street from private ownership to public ownership has been a big step backward.
And a step backward, after making a wrong turn, is a step in the right direction.
There has been great progress made in the world, but the fact that we're still fighting against discrimination means we've gone backwards and that's a shame.
Donald Trump as a figurehead is the opposite of that - he's regression, he's taking a step backward.
When going back makes sense, you are going ahead.
Political and social change is always a stagger-step process. One step forward, two steps back. They want you to give up.
