"Politics is too often regarded as a poor relation, inherently dependent and subsidiary; it is rarely praised as something with a life and character of its own."

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Source : Bernard Crick (1954). “In defence of politics”, p.11, Bernard Crick

Bernard Crick

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“Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their deeds.”
“I think that 60 percent of inspiration is organization.”
“You never know if you have met your best friend in life yet. That still may be to come.”

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“I've been thinking of trying to de-caricaturize Donald Trump. I thought it would be fun to try and, since he's already a caricature, to make him normal looking.”
“What is most important is to cease legislating for all lives what is liveable only for some, and similarly, to refrain from proscribing for all lives what is unlivable for some.”
“Since the cruel killing of cows and other animal have commenced, I have anxiety for the future generation.”
“Gingrich was a far more volatile and aggressive individual than Boehner, but the institutional norms of self-restraint, and perhaps even self-interest, have broken down under the pressure of an increasingly abnormal Republican Party.”
“Sometimes I am afraid for people like you who have to know things. Your kind will dig and hunt and worry at it until one day you will find what is hidden, waiting for you.”

Source : Isobelle Carmody (2011). “Obernewtyn: Obernewtyn Chronicles: Book One”, p.75, A&C Black

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