"The plain truth is that what holds a free state together is neither general will nor a common interest, but simply politics itself."

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Source : Bernard Crick (2013). “In Defence of Politics”, p.97, A&C Black

Bernard Crick

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“I'm told leather drives men up the wall. I like wearing it because it because it feels nice.”
“It is my firm conviction that man has nothing to gain, emotionally or otherwise, by adhering to a falsehood, regardless of how comfortable or sacred that falsehood may appear.”

Source : George H. Smith (2010). “Atheism: The Case Against God”, p.10, Prometheus Books
“O God, I have tasted Thy goodness, and it has both satisfied me and made me thirsty for more. I am painfully conscious of my need for further grace.”
“When we look for success, it should be for the sole purpose of boasting sincerely in Christ. There's no other reason for it. Success is only worth it when the more intense it gets for you, the more you find yourself bragging for his glory rather than your own.”
“We have a lot of ships coming in and transmitting to us and bringing the information. So, it's very powerful.”
“There was no way to laugh anymore, to love, to care, and there was a sense of guilt in having survived when others had been killed. I turned into a worse workaholic than I had already been by trying to work myself into the ground.”
“Tragedy when ridiculed by comedy does not condescend a reply.”
“A man will turn over half a library to make one book.”

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