Another way to understand this opposition of principles and practical obstacles is to speak of statistics and dynamics.

We want to make sure that no bureaucratic obstacles stand in the way of these relief efforts. We are also working to ensure that regulations issued in the normal course of agency business do not have unintended consequences that might impede relief from being delivered in the aftermath of the hurricane.

Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.

I think what's going to be key going forward will be the tradeoff (in the economic news) between the statistics on employment and statistics on inflation.

They play better defense than what their statistics showed. I felt that coming in.

Action based only on principles isn't always good even if it feels good.