Excluded Quote by Raymond Geuss

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

— Anonymous

A political theory seeks to find from history the limits of the politically possible

— Francis Parker Yockey

“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

“If your political theory requires humanity to "evolve", then you do not have a theory.”

— A.E. Samaan

To an intellectual who is adrift in politics, a theory is an aim; to a true politician his theory is a boundary

— Francis Parker Yockey

“If your political theory requires humanity to "evolve", then you do not have a theory… you have a dream.”

— A.E. Samaan

A theory has only the alternative of being right or wrong. A model has a third possibility: it may be right, but irrelevant.

— Manfred Eigen

Many studies or theories by political scientists fit some subset of cases that a court decides, but literally no theory can account for all…

— David Stras

“So far from a political ideology being the quasi-divine parent of political activity, it turns out to be its earthly stepchild. Instead of an…

— Michael Joseph Oakeshott

The important question is whether [a theory] is true, not whether envisioning an alternative is too intellectually painful to bear.

— J. D. Trout

“If a concept or principle finds its place in an explanatory theory, it cannot be excluded on methodological grounds.”

— Noam Chomsky