"In a democracy the people choose a leader in whom they trust. Then the chosen leader says, 'Now shut up and obey me.' People and party are then no longer free to interfere in his business."

--

Source : Max Weber (2009). “From Max Weber: Essays in Sociology”, p.42, Routledge

Max Weber

#Party Quotes #People Quotes #Leader Quotes

“Don't let anyone, or any rejection, keep you from what you want.”
“It's fun, in a way, to explore what's risky in one's life.”
“The quiet sense of something lost”
“Each of us is born with a box of matches inside us but we can't strike them all by ourselves; just as in the experiment, we need oxygen and a candle to help. In this case, the oxygen, for example, would come from the breath of the person you love; the candle could be any kind of food, music, caress, word, or sound that engenders the explosion that lights one of the matches.”
“The Sexual Revolution is a complete rebellion against authority, natural and supernatural, even against the body and its needs, its natural functions of child bearing. This is not reverence for life, it is a great denial and more resembles Nihilism than the revolution that they think they are furthering.”
“I don't practice anything. I spend time looking over ideas and then just get out and do it.”
“No more "band psycho" stuff for me. I'm fine without it.”

Source : Interview with Mark Richardson, pitchfork.com. March 1, 2002.
“As a kid growing up in Southern California, I was a frequent visitor to the Disneyland and developed a deep love of the magic and wonder of Disney.”

You may also like:

Auguste Comte
Philosopher
Emile Durkheim
Sociologist
Georg Simmel
Philosopher
Herbert Spencer
Philosopher
Immanuel Kant
Philosopher
Jurgen Habermas
Philosopher
Karl Marx
Philosopher
Pierre Bourdieu
Sociologist
Talcott Parsons
Sociologist