Politics is a strong and slow boring of hard boards, with passion and judgment together.
Politik ist ein starkes langsames Bohren von harten Brettern mit Leidenschaft und Augenmaß zugleich.
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Max Weber
Born 1864, Erfurt. Giant of social science. Protestant Ethic argued Calvinist asceticism birthed capitalism. Established interpretive sociology, ideal types, iron cage. Died 1920 of Spanish flu.
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