Since the business of politics is the conciliation of differing interests, justice must not merely be done, but to be seen to be done.
BERNARD CRICKFactory workers are not working for capitalism, they are working for a living wage.
More Bernard Crick Quotes
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The praise of free men is worth having, for it is the only praise which is free from either servility or condescension.
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The politician has no more use for pride than Falstaff had for honour.
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Certainly if the fundamental problem of society is that demands are infinite and resources are always limited, politics, not economics is the master science.
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Politics deserves much praise. Politics is a preoccupation of free men, and its existence is a test of freedom. The praise of free men is worth having, for it is the only praise which is free from either servility or condescension.
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If, of course, one builds into the concept of an ‘individual’ all that Professor Hayek does in his Road To Serfdom.
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Totalitarianism surpasses autocracy.
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Democracy is perhaps the most promiscuous word in the world of public affairs.
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To Marx the claim of the theory of ideology is that all doctrine is a derivative of social circumstance.
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Factory workers are not working for capitalism, they are working for a living wage.
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Politics is a way of ruling in divided societies without undue violence…politics is not just a necessary evil; it is a realistic good.
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There is no great danger to politics in the desire for certainty at any price.
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If a government is to do great new things, it will need more support. If a government is to change the world, it will need mass support. This is one of the discoveries of modern government.
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What matters in Politics is what men actually do – sincerity is no excuse for acting unpolitically, and insincerity may be channelled by politics into good results.
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Politics has rough manners, but it is a very useful thing.
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The political process is not tied to any particular doctrine. Genuine political doctrines, rather, are the attempt to find particular and workable solutions to this perpetual and shifty problem of conciliation.
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