| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 63444 |
| QUOTATION: | One can say that three pre-eminent qualities are decisive for the politician: passion, a feeling of responsibility, and a sense of proportion. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Max Weber (18641920), German sociologist. (First published 1919). Politics as a Vocation, Essays in Sociology, eds. H.H. Gerth and C. Wright Mills (1946). |
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