“England in August 1914 was more of a state than she was during the great industrial strikes of 1911–1912.” — Michael Oakeshott August 1914 Copy Share Image
“A so-called ideal scheme which does not grow out of reality is definitely and finally not ideal at all.” — Michael Oakeshott Ideal Copy Share Image
“the first rule of Moritz Haupt for interpreting the classics,—‘Man soll nicht übersetzen.’ [‘Do not translate’:” — Michael Oakeshott Copy Share Image
“a child might possibly change his country; a man can only wish that he might change it.” — Michael Oakeshott Children Copy Share Image
“For there is not so complete and perfect a part that we know of nature, which does not owe the being it… — Michael Oakeshott Nature Copy Share Image
“Image the whole, then execute the parts— Fancy the fabric Quite, ere you build, ere steel strike fire from quartz Ere mortar… — Michael Oakeshott Brick Copy Share Image
“to think nothing about the opinion of his society (if he be in any sense a member) is to be unconsciously influenced… — Michael Oakeshott Unconsciously Copy Share Image
“To define a thing is to see it clearly, to see it as distinct from other things and at the same time… — Michael Oakeshott Distinct Things Copy Share Image
“As civilized human beings, we are the inheritors, neither of an inquiry about ourselves and the world, nor of an accumulating body… — Michael Oakeshott Communication Copy Share Image
“To theorize’ means, to see as a whole. The actual is a small part of the whole, or a single aspect of… — Michael Oakeshott Meaning Copy Share Image
“For history and for science facts are self-evident and are the subject-matter of these studies, but for philosophy they are the most… — Michael Oakeshott History Copy Share Image
“There is no wealth but life. Life, including all its powers of love, of joy, and of admiration. That country is the… — Michael Oakeshott Life Copy Share Image
“The process of experiencing is well described by Goethe when he says that our life is made up of our connections with… — Michael Oakeshott Experiencing Copy Share Image
“For a great state, qua state, is not one which embraces a great population or an extensive territory, but one which achieves… — Michael Oakeshott Good life Copy Share Image
“in modern philosophy, the first glimpse of the true view of the conception of ‘might is right’ as applying to government is… — Michael Oakeshott Modern philosophy Copy Share Image
“The real, if it is anything, is a coherent whole, it is a unity so unified as to preclude the possibility of… — Michael Oakeshott Truth Copy Share Image
“to see a thing completely is to set it in relation with the universe.” — Michael Oakeshott Physics Copy Share Image
“Browning: ‘Justinian’s Pandects only make precise / What simply sparkled in men’s eyes before’.” — Michael Oakeshott Copy Share Image
“Property was thus appall’d / That the self was not the same / Single nature’s double name / Neither two nor one… — Michael Oakeshott Identity Copy Share Image
“An ideal society, properly so-called, can be none other than an actual, present, society taken at its truest and best.” — Michael Oakeshott Community Copy Share Image
“cannot associate with one another without creating a moral relationship.” — Michael Oakeshott Associate Copy Share Image
“We remember the Spartan ambassador who, being asked in whose name he had come, replied: ‘In the name of the State, if… — Michael Oakeshott Spartan Ambassador Copy Share Image
In political activity men sail a boundless and bottomless sea; there is neither harbor for shelter nor floor for anchorage, neither starting… — Michael Oakeshott Politicians Copy Share Image
“When Plutarch says that a city might sooner subsist without a geographical site than without belief in the gods, his words would… — Michael Oakeshott Time Copy Share Image
“In political activity . . . men sail a boundless and bottomless sea; there is neither harbour for shelter nor floor for… — Michael Oakeshott Politics Copy Share Image
![“The process of experiencing is well described by Goethe when he says that our life is made up of our connections with the world about us, and that we must each spin our own web and sit at the centre to catch what we can.[21] The web itself is made up of past experiences, and each new connection…” quote by Michael Oakeshott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/872/michael-oakeshott-23288_life_the-process-of-experiencing-is-well-desc_1004257.jpg)
![“The real, if it is anything, is a coherent whole, it is a unity so unified as to preclude the possibility of disunity. And this is what we have called the truth. The real thing is the thing as it truly exists. The true thing, the thing as it exists in its wholeness, is the real thing.[26] And how…” quote by Michael Oakeshott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b83/michael-oakeshott-23288_truth_the-real-if-it-is-anything-is-a-coherent_1693898.jpg)
![“We remember the Spartan ambassador who, being asked in whose name he had come, replied: ‘In the name of the State, if I succeed; if I fail, in my own.’ [See Plutarch, ‘Lycurgus’, Lives, tr. J. Langhorne and W. Langhorne (London: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, nd [1898]), pp. 40–1:” quote by Michael Oakeshott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/cce/michael-oakeshott-23288_quote_we-remember-the-spartan-ambassador-who-b_3022357.jpg)
![“When Plutarch says that a city might sooner subsist without a geographical site than without belief in the gods, his words would not have appeared strange to his countrymen at any time.’]” quote by Michael Oakeshott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/040/michael-oakeshott-23288_time_when-plutarch-says-that-a-city-might-soo_2252120.jpg)
