“Man's inclination to justice makes democracy possible; but man's capacity for injustice makes it necessary.' The optimism we need to prevent ourselves from destroying our own democratic freedoms and, indeed, our own human habitat must be based on reasoned pessimism.” — Bernard Crick Copy Share Image
Politics deserves much praise. Politics is a preoccupation of free men, and its existence is a test of freedom. The praise of free men… — Bernard Crick Copy Share
What matters in Politics is what men actually do - sincerity is no excuse for acting unpolitically, and insincerity may be channelled by politics… — Bernard Crick Copy Share
If, of course, one builds into the concept of an 'individual' all that Professor Hayek does in his Road To Serfdom, Individualism and Economic… — Bernard Crick Copy Share
Factory workers are not working for capitalism, they are working for a living wage. — Bernard Crick Copy Share
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 Crick Copy Share
The plain truth is that what holds a free state together is neither general will nor a common interest, but simply politics itself. — Bernard Crick Copy Share
Totalitarian rule marks the sharpest contrast imaginable with political rule, and ideological thinking is an explicit and direct challenge to political thinking. — Bernard Crick Copy Share
Politics are, as it were, the market place and the price mechanism of all social demands - though there is no guarantee that a… — Bernard Crick Copy Share
“Revolutions as often take place because the old regime simply collapse out of economic inefficiency and bureaucratic rigidity rather than for the reasons given… — Bernard Crick Copy Share
The political process is not tied to any particular doctrine. Genuine political doctrines, rather, are the attempt to find particular and workable solutions to… — Bernard Crick Copy Share
Politics is a way of ruling in divided societies without undue violence...politics is not just a necessary evil; it is a realistic good. — Bernard Crick Copy Share
“We each have to choose something but it is another question how and why we presume to choose for others.” — Bernard Crick Copy Share
“Man's inclination to justice makes democracy possible; but man's capacity for injustice makes it necessary.' The optimism we need to prevent ourselves from destroying… — Bernard Crick Copy Share
