Max Weber on politics

Politics is a strong and slow boring of hard boards. It takes both passion and perspective. Certainly all historical experience confirms the truth - that man would not have attained the possible unless time and again he had reached out for the impossible. But to do that a man must be a leader, and not only a leader but a hero as well, in a very sober sense of the word. And even those who are neither leaders nor heroes must arm themselves with that steadfastness of heart which can brave even the crumbling of all hopes. This is necessary right now, or else men will not be able to attain even that which is possible today.” Max Weber

Max Weber

Karl Emil Maximilian "Max" Weber was a German sociologist, philosopher, jurist, and political economist whose ideas profoundly influenced social theory and social research. Wikipedia

Born: April 21, 1864, Erfurt, Germany

Died: June 14, 1920, Munich, Germany

Influenced by: Karl Marx, Georg Simmel, Friedrich Nietzsche, more

Fields: Economics, Sociology, History, Law, Politics, Philosophy

Education: Humboldt University of Berlin (1884–1889), Heidelberg University (1882–1884)