Max Weber, From Max Weber: Essays In Sociology Quotes
In a democracy the people choose a leader in whom they trust. Then the chosen leader says, 'Now shut up and obey me.' People and party are then no longer free to interfere in his business.
Weber, ... argues that... personal bias should not preclude the scientific ascertainment of objective historical facts.
The final result of political action often, no regularly, stands in completely inadequate and often even paradoxical relation to its original meaning.