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. Max Weber Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Not everyone realises that to write a really good piece of journalism is at least as demanding intellectually as the achievement of any scholar. Max Weber Read Quote
Only he has the calling for politics who is sure that he will not crumble when the world from his point of view is too stupid or 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 Read Quote
Causal analysis provides absolutely no value judgment, and a value judgment is absolutely not a causal explanation. Max Weber Read Quote
Within the confines of the lecture hall, no other virtue exists but plain intellectual integrity. Max Weber Read Quote
All the analysis of infinite reality which the finite human mind can conduct rests on the tacit assumption that only a finite portion of this reality constitutes the object of scientific investigation, and that only it is ‘important’ in the sense of being ‘worthy of being known.’ Max Weber Read Quote
It is not true that good can only follow from good and evil only from evil, but that often the opposite is true. Max Weber Read Quote
The modern view of criminal justice, broadly, is that public concern with morality or expediency decrees expiation for the violation of a norm; this concern finds expression in the infliction of punishment on the evil doer by agents of the state, the evil doer, however, enjoying the protection of a regular procedure. Max Weber Read Quote
The primary task of a useful teacher is to teach his students to recognize ‘inconvenient’ facts – I mean facts that are inconvenient for their party opinions. Max Weber Read Quote