Politics is too often regarded as a poor relation, inherent… - Bernard Crick

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Politics is too often regarded as a poor relation, inherently dependent and subsidiary; it is rarely praised as something with a life and character of its own.

Bernard Crick

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Sir Bernard Rowland Crick (16 December 1929 – 19 December 2008) 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.

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Alternative Names: Sir Bernard Rowland Crick • Bernard Rowland Crick • Bernard R. Crick

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