"Since the business of politics is the conciliation of differing interests, justice must not merely be done, but to be seen to be done."

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Source : Bernard Crick (1962). “In Defence of Politics”

Bernard Crick

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“The prospective colonization of space responds, not to the particular problems of the American nation, or of any other nation, but to those of mankind as a whole... In an ideal view, such an undertaking by mankind as a whole would tend to divert it from its present preoccupation with international conflict, would tend to channel its energies into the pursuit of a great common purpose.”
“When I first started writing, I had a very difficult time switching between projects, but now it's not only second-nature, it's indispensable: If I stall on one project, I can switch to another and stay productive.”
“I enjoy seeing anybody do good. I have no hard feelings.”
“When I do a film that has nothing to do with Kurt Weill, then I am happy, I am on my own. But in a Kurt Weill work I am as nervous as a cat. A burden falls on my shoulders. I feel a crushing responsibility.”
“I know there are epic tales of romance, where love means you're supposed to die. Where it's all about sacrifice. But I don't want to die. I don't want Stephen to die. I'm looking for the scenario where we both get to live. Where we can continue this marvel that is love and discovery and trust.”
“I've always felt that I shouldn't make a movie if someone else could do it better.”

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“When politeness is used to show up other people, it is reclassified as rudeness. Thus it is technically impossible to be too polite.”
“But you have to understand, mental illness is like cholesterol. There is is good kind and the bad. Without the good kind- less flavor to life. Van Gogh, Beethoven, Edgar Allen Poe, Sylvia Plath, Pink Floyd (the early Piper at the Gates of Dawn line up), scientific breakthroughs, spiritual revolution, utopian visions, zany nationalism that kills millions- wait, thatâ€™s the bad kind. Tim Dorsey (Hurricane Punch)”

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