Bernard Crick

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Bernard Crick


Born
December 16, 1929

Died
December 19, 2008

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Sir Bernard Rowland Crick 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

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“Boredom with established truths is a great enemy of free men.”
Bernard Crick

“Democracy: stored up in heaven; but unhappily has not yet been communicated to us.”
Bernard R. Crick

“We each have to choose something but it is another question how and why we presume to choose for others.”
Bernard Crick, Democracy: A Very Short Introduction

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