To exchange principles for popularity might be a temptation. It's at the core of populism. We must offer something else.
Quotes about populism (9 Quotes)
When I was offered the position of finance minister I knew I was going to get hurt. We are now facing the smoke screens of populism sweeping over the state. When I took on the post, Israel was a few weeks away from total collapse like in Argentina, and the Central bank's governor warned that the bank was on the verge of a breakdown.
Those who make such allegations have a responsibility to help law-enforcement agencies find the truth about all the circumstances. If they have hard facts and it is not populism, they should honestly pass this information to law-enforcement agencies,
It is a perfect time for populism. It will be more and more difficult for Brazil to resist.
I have people who come to this floor, who claim they represent the workers, who say they are for an international bank institution that is totally secret, that is run by a bureaucrat whose major policy is to raise taxes on workers in the Third World to pay off New York banks, ... Now that doesn't sound like populism to me.
Being naked approaches being revolutionary; going barefoot is mere populism.
There's a lot of faux populism. You look at the moneyed interests behind (Schwarzenegger's) measures, behind the (prescription drugs), and you realize this is not just the citizens' voice.
Globalization is a reality. And this makes most leaders today realize that populist illusions can't be sustained before they collapse into stagnation and leave their political supporters deeply disillusioned. You can't inflate away your troubles or allow mountains of debt to build up if, as a country, you have to make your living in a globally competitive environment... Building prosperity requires caution and patience. It requires time. Populism is a short cut that doesn't work.
If we continue to live in the past and explain the past and present with a pessimistic conception of history, populism will spread and hinder the development of the entire nation and the society.