Word: imperfectible
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...record is impressive. The progress, however imperfect, is inspiring. That progress must be sustained and strengthened. To change course now would be to turn aside from many decades of difficult but steady hope and fulfillment, in order to follow pathways far less bright, and far less full of promise...
...Imperfect, the debate over the balanced budget serves as one of the great tests of America's national spirit. In the past we have always passed these tests. When Great Britain sought to impose taxation without representation on the 13 colonies thousands of men came forward to help carve out a new nation committed to freedom and democracy...
...never has been and it never will be. But unless I am gravely mistaken, good manners and perfect unity were not mentioned by Woodrow Wilson in 1918 as a prerequisite for independent nationhood. I have yet to be informed of a universal association of national standardization which ensures that imperfect countries are closed down and sold to the highest bidder...
...popular support is not quite so far-reaching. But whether or not it is he that ultimately carries forth the project that Rabin conceived, the peace process must move forward. Rabin's legacy to the Middle East is the potential for peace. He knew that all peace is imperfect but still he was willing to take those first painful steps, steps that were as daring--and ultimately more dangerous--than any he took as an Israeli soldier...
Second, although money can't buy you love, the trial proved that it can help buy your acquittal. In an imperfect world, money will always be able to skew the outcome of a trial to some extent, but in this case, the effective "dream team" defense was obviously a product of O.J.'s fortune. Had he been a blue-collar worker from south-central L.A., would his defense have been as competent? We think...