Leadership Quote by Nataša Pirc Musar

Faith is doing political work here. Nataša Pirc Musar’s line isn’t just optimism; it’s a strategic refusal to let public life be narrated by its worst actors. As a sitting president, she’s speaking from a role that can’t afford the luxury of despair. “I will always believe” signals conviction over evidence, a deliberate choice to anchor the national mood in trust when headlines reward outrage and cynicism.

The phrasing draws a careful map of moral conflict. “More good people” is majoritarian language: decency is framed as the quiet, prevailing norm, while harm comes from a smaller but louder minority. That’s not naive; it’s a way to keep the social contract intact. If citizens come to think evil is the baseline, they start behaving accordingly, retreating into tribalism, conspiracy, or apathy. Her sentence tries to interrupt that spiral.

The subtext is also a warning. “Spread evil among us in different ways” widens the definition beyond obvious villains. It nods to disinformation, scapegoating, corruption, harassment, authoritarian flirtations - the modern ecosystem where harm travels through memes, media, bureaucracy, and “just asking questions”. By avoiding specific enemies, she sidesteps partisan escalation and keeps the appeal inclusive, aimed at a broad civic “us”.

In the European context - where polarization, war anxiety, and migration politics strain solidarity - this reads as a presidential attempt to set a moral baseline: don’t let the loudest, darkest forces define who we are, or what we expect from one another.