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Man's inclination to justice makes democracy possible; but man's capacity for injustice makes it nec...

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Democracy: A Very Short Introduction

What matters in Politics is what men actually do - sincerity is no excuse for acting unpolitically ...

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Monarchy is like a splendid ship, with all sails set it moves majestically on, but then it hits a ro...

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Democracy: A Very Short Introduction

Revolutions as often take place because the old regime simply collapse out of economic inefficiency ...

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Democracy: A Very Short Introduction

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Bernard Crick

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Born: 1929-12-16

Died: 2008-12-19

Sir Bernard Rowland Crick (16 December 1929 – 19 December 2008) was a British political theorist and democratic socialist whose views were often summarised as "politics is ethics done in public". He sought to arrive at a "politics of action", as opposed to a "politics of thought" or of ideology.More