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BOREDOM with established truths is a great enemy of free men.

BOREDOM with established truths is a great enemy of free men.

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Men, Boredom, Enemy
Bernard Crick (1993). “In Defense of Politics”, p.15, University of Chicago Press

To Marx the claim of the theory of ideology is that all doctrine is a derivative of social circumstance.

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Doctrine, Derivatives, Social
Bernard Crick (1962). “In Defence of Politics”

There is no great danger to politics in the desire for certainty at any price.

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Desire, Danger, Certainty
Bernard Crick (1993). “In Defense of Politics”, p.92, University of Chicago Press

Totalitarianism surpasses autocracy.

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Autocracy, Totalitarianism
Bernard Crick (1993). “In Defense of Politics”, p.40, University of Chicago Press

Certainly if the fundamental problem of society is that demands are infinite and resources are always limited, politics, not economics is the master science.

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Fundamentals, Demand, Problem
Bernard Crick (2013). “In Defence of Politics”, p.137, A&C Black

The praise of free men is worth having, for it is the only praise which is free from either servility or condescension.

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Men, Condescension And, Praise
Bernard Crick (1993). “In Defense of Politics”, p.140, University of Chicago Press

Politics has rough manners, but it is a very useful thing.

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Manners, Useful Things, Rough
Bernard Crick (1993). “In Defense of Politics”, p.138, University of Chicago Press

The politician has no more use for pride than Falstaff had for honour.

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Pride, Use, Politician
Bernard Crick (1954). “In defence of politics”, p.154, Bernard Crick

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