The unique character of political activity lies, quite literally, in its publicity.
BERNARD CRICKToo often the revolutionary is the man who must create order in the chaos left by failed conservatives.
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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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Democracy is perhaps the most promiscuous word in the world of public affairs.
BERNARD CRICKDemocracy is perhaps the most promiscuous word in the world of public affairs.
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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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Free men stick their necks out.
BERNARD CRICKFree men stick their necks out.
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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.
BERNARD CRICKWhat 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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BOREDOM with established truths is a great enemy of free men.
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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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Politics has rough manners, but it is a very useful thing.
BERNARD CRICKPolitics has rough manners, but it is a very useful thing.
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The agony of international relations is the need to try to practice politics without the basic conditions for political order.
BERNARD CRICKThe agony of international relations is the need to try to practice politics without the basic conditions for political order.
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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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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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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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Where government is impossible, politics is impossible.
BERNARD CRICKWhere government is impossible, politics is impossible.
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Too often the revolutionary is the man who must create order in the chaos left by failed conservatives.
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There is no great danger to politics in the desire for certainty at any price.
BERNARD CRICKThere is no great danger to politics in the desire for certainty at any price.
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