A government is an institution that holds a monopoly on the legitimate use of violence. Max Weber More Quotes by Max Weber More Quotes From Max Weber In a democracy the people choose a leader in whom they trust. Then the chosen leader says, 'Now shut up and obey me.' People and party are then no longer free to interfere in his business. Max Weber partyleaderpeople Nothing is worthy of man as man unless he can pursue it with passionate devotion. Max Weber passionatedevotionmen Power is the chance to impose your will within a social context, even when opposed and regardless of the integrity of that chance. Max Weber chancesocialintegrity The fate of our times is characterized by rationalization and intellectualization and, above all, by the disenchantment of the world. Max Weber disenchantedfateworld The impulse to acquisition, pursuit of gain, of money, of the greatest possible amount of money, has in itself nothing to do with capitalism. This impulse exists and has existed among waiters, physicians, coachmen, artists, prostitutes, dishonest officials, soldiers, nobles, crusaders, gamblers, and beggars. Max Weber gainsartistsoldier The decisive means for politics is violence. Max Weber violencemilitarymean The great virtue of bureaucracy - indeed, perhaps its defining characteristic ~ was that it was an institutional method for applying general rules to specific cases, thereby making the actions of government fair and predictable. Max Weber defininggovernmentaction All knowledge of cultural reality, as may be seen, is always knowledge from particular points of view. Max Weber viewsmayreality A fully developed bureaucratic mechanism stands in the same relationship to other forms as does the machine to the non-mechanical production of goods. Precision, speed, clarity, documentary ability, continuity, discretion, unity, rigid subordination, reduction of friction and material and personal expenses are unique to bureaucratic organization. Max Weber unityuniqueorganization Politics means striving to share power or striving to influence the distribution of power, either among states or among groups within a state. Max Weber distribution-of-powergroupsmean Man does not by nature wish to earn more and more money. Max Weber wishdoemen The Truth is the Truth. Max Weber truth-is The primary task of a useful teacher is to teach his students to recognize 'inconvenient' facts - I mean facts that are inconvenient for their party opinions. Max Weber partyteachermean Charisma is the gift from above where a leader knows from inside himself what to do. Max Weber charismaleaderknows The experience of the irrationality of the world has been the driving force of all religious revolution. Max Weber revolutionreligiousworld The fate of our times is characterized by rationalization and intellectualization and, above all, by the 'disenchantment of the world.' Precisely the ultimate and most sublime values have retreated from public life either into the transcendental realm of mystic life or into the brotherliness of direct and personal human relations. It is not accidental that our greatest art is intimate and not monumental. Max Weber fatephilosophyart Culture' is a finite segment of the meaningless infinity of the world process, a segment on which human beings confer meaning and significance. Max Weber infinitycultureworld It is not true that good can follow only from good and evil only from evil, but that often the opposite is true. Max Weber good-and-evilevilopposites Certainly all historical experience confirms the truth - that man would not have attained the possible unless time and again he had reached out for the impossible. Max Weber historicalimpossiblemen The fully developed bureaucratic apparatus compares with other organisations exactly as does the machine with the non-mechanical modes of production. Max Weber comparemachinesdoe
