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Matthew Flinders
Born
in Donington, Lincolnshire, England, The United Kingdom
March 16, 1774
Died
July 19, 1814
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More books by Matthew Flinders…
“The Voyage to Terra Australis”
― Terra Australis: Text Classics: Matthew Flinders' Great Adventures in the Circumnavigation of Australia
― Terra Australis: Text Classics: Matthew Flinders' Great Adventures in the Circumnavigation of Australia
“Political cynicism, disengagement, democratic decadence — call it what you will — is too often an excuse for physical and intellectual laziness.”
― Defending Politics: Why Democracy Matters in the Twenty-First Century
― Defending Politics: Why Democracy Matters in the Twenty-First Century
“Is it possible that
we ‘hate’ politics because we have forgotten its specifi c and limited
nature, its overwhelming value, and also its innate fragility? Could it be
that our expectations are so high that politics appears almost destined
to disappoint? Democratic politics cannot make ‘every sad heart glad’,
as Crick argued, nor did it ever promise to do so. But not always
getting what you want, an awareness that public governance is often
slow and bureaucratic, a frustration that some decisions are hard to
understand or have to be made in secret, disbelief and anger at the selfinterested
behaviour of a small number of politicians, and an acceptance
that some people will always take out more from the system than
they put in—these are the prices you pay for living in a democracy.”
― Defending Politics: Why Democracy Matters in the Twenty-First Century
we ‘hate’ politics because we have forgotten its specifi c and limited
nature, its overwhelming value, and also its innate fragility? Could it be
that our expectations are so high that politics appears almost destined
to disappoint? Democratic politics cannot make ‘every sad heart glad’,
as Crick argued, nor did it ever promise to do so. But not always
getting what you want, an awareness that public governance is often
slow and bureaucratic, a frustration that some decisions are hard to
understand or have to be made in secret, disbelief and anger at the selfinterested
behaviour of a small number of politicians, and an acceptance
that some people will always take out more from the system than
they put in—these are the prices you pay for living in a democracy.”
― Defending Politics: Why Democracy Matters in the Twenty-First Century
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