http://ask.metafilter.com/tags/stakes Questions tagged with 'stakes' at Ask MetaFilter. Sat, 12 Jan 2008 00:50:16 -0800 Sat, 12 Jan 2008 00:50:16 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/80812/Academic%2Dpolitics%2Dare%2Dvicious%2Dbecause%2Dthe%2Dstakes%2Dare%2Dso%2Dlow Does anyone have a decent citation for the idea that academic politics are so cruel/brutal/intense/vicious because the stakes are so low? I've seen various attributions to Wallace Sayre, Henry Kissinger, Woodrow Wilson, and Harry Truman, but I'd like a source that isn't a weak tie via Google, something like a reputable book of quotations or an edition of letters, if possible. tag:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.80812 Sat, 12 Jan 2008 00:50:16 -0800 academic politics stakes vicious cgc373