Max Weber Quotes About Politicians

Quotes about: Politicians

• Only he has the calling for politics who is sure that he shall not crumble when the world from his point of view is too stupid or too base for what he wants to offer. Only he who in the face of all this can say 'In spite of all!' has the calling for politics.

  Max Weber

  Stupid, Views, Calling

  "From Max Weber: Essays in Sociology".

• Daily and hourly, the politician inwardly has to overcome a quite trivial and all-too-human enemy: a quite vulgar vanity.

  Max Weber

  Reality, Vanity, Enemy

  Max Weber (2013). “From Max Weber: Essays in Sociology”, p.116, Routledge

• One can say that three pre-eminent qualities are decisive for the politician: passion, a feeling of responsibility, and a sense of proportion.

  Max Weber

  Responsibility, Passion, Feelings

  Max Weber (2009). “From Max Weber: Essays in Sociology”, p.115, Routledge

• The career of politics grants a feeling of power. The knowledge of influencing men, of participating in power over them, and above all, the feeling of holding in one's hands a nerve fiber of historically important events can elevate the professional politician above everyday routine even when he is placed in formally modest positions.

  Max Weber

  Men, Hands, Everyday Routine

  Max Weber (2009). “From Max Weber: Essays in Sociology”, p.115, Routledge

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