Quotes on Backseat Drivers

When perfectionism is driving us, shame is riding shotgun and fear is that annoying backseat driver!

Any government will work if authority and responsibility are equal and coordinate. This does not insure “good” government, it simply insures that it will work. But such governments are rare — most people want to run things, but want no part of the blame. This used to be called the “backseat driver” syndrome.