To Marx the claim of the theory of ideology is that all doctrine is a derivative of social circumstance.
BERNARD CRICKWhere government is impossible, politics is impossible.
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The unique character of political activity lies, quite literally, in its publicity.
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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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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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One of the symptoms of a declining social order is that its members have to give most of their time to politics, rather than to the real tasks of economic production, in an attempt to patch up the cracks already appearing from the ‘inner contradictions’ of such a system.
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Since the business of politics is the conciliation of differing interests, justice must not merely be done, but to be seen to be done.
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The method of rule of the tyrant and the oligarch is quite simply to clobber, coerce, or overawe all or most other groups in the interest of their own.
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There is no great danger to politics in the desire for certainty at any price.
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Politics has rough manners, but it is a very useful thing.
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Free men stick their necks out.
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Factory workers are not working for capitalism, they are working for a living wage.
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Where government is impossible, politics is impossible.
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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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Totalitarian rule marks the sharpest contrast imaginable with political rule, and ideological thinking is an explicit and direct challenge to political thinking.
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Democracy is perhaps the most promiscuous word in the world of public affairs.
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BOREDOM with established truths is a great enemy of free men.
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