Court Quote by David Stras

It is completely in accord with the etatist thinking prevalent everywhere today to consider a theory to be finally disposed of merely because the…

— Ludwig von Mises

The equally is a political theory, but no a practical politics.

— Anonymous

“Political philosophy reaches for the best regime, a regime so good that it can hardly exist. Political science advances a theory—in fact, a number…

— Harvey Mansfield

The general point that a political theory is, among other things, a partisan intervention, is well taken. So question about the actual political implication…

— Raymond Geuss

If even in science there is no a way of judging a theory but by assessing the number, faith and vocal energy of its…

— Imre Lakatos

“The theories of the social sciences do not consist of “laws” in the sense of empirical rules about the behavior of objects definable in…

— Friedrich A. von Hayek

“It all comes down to this: Whenever theory supersedes evidence, and prejudice deposes rationalism, there can be no real justice.”

— John E. Douglas

There is no such thing as political science, but there are tenancies so strong that they might as well be called laws of nature.

— Jeff Greenfield

Politics is a war of causes; a joust of principles. Government is too serious a matter to admit of meaningless courtesies.

— Woodrow Wilson

When, after having examined in detail the organization of the Supreme Court, one comes to consider in sum the prerogatives that have been given…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

There are ideas that exist in our minds that can be accounted for by no established laws

— Charles Brockden Brown

When scientists need to explain difficult points of theory, illustration by hypothetical example - rather than by total abstraction - works well (perhaps indispensably)…

— Stephen Jay Gould