The agony of international relations is the need to try to practice politics without the basic conditions for political order. Bernard Crick More Quotes by Bernard Crick More Quotes From Bernard Crick There is no great danger to politics in the desire for certainty at any price. Bernard Crick certainty danger desire BOREDOM with established truths is a great enemy of free men. Bernard Crick boredom men enemy Totalitarianism surpasses autocracy. Bernard Crick autocracy totalitarianism Politics is too often regarded as a poor relation, inherently dependent and subsidiary; it is rarely praised as something with a life and character of its own. Bernard Crick poor relation character Where government is impossible, politics is impossible. Bernard Crick government impossible To Marx the claim of the theory of ideology is that all doctrine is a derivative of social circumstance. Bernard Crick derivatives doctrine social The idea of a rational bureaucracy, of skill, merit, and consistency, is essential to all modern states. Bernard Crick consistency skills ideas The attempt to politicize everything is the destruction of politics. When everything is seen as relevant to politics, than politics has in fact become totalitarian. Bernard Crick relevant destruction facts Certainly if the fundamental problem of society is that demands are infinite and resources are always limited, politics, not economics is the master science. Bernard Crick demand problem fundamentals 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. Bernard Crick support government discovery If, of course, one builds into the concept of an 'individual' all that Professor Hayek does in his Road To Serfdom, Individualism and Economic Order and many other works, which is, to put it briefly, the whole of laisser-faire economic theory, then plainly man as such a programmed predator has very little interest in being fraternal, or very little chance. Bernard Crick doe men order The politician has no more use for pride than Falstaff had for honour. Bernard Crick politician pride use
