James Harrington (author) Quote

No man can be a politician, except he be first a historian or a traveller; for except he can see what must be, or what may be, he is no politician.


The Oceana, and Other Works, Now First Publish'd from His Own Manuscripts (etc.) - London 1700 (ed. 1700)


No man can be a politician, except he be first a historian or a traveller; for except he can see what must be, or what may be, he is no politician.

No man can be a politician, except he be first a historian or a traveller; for except he can see what must be, or what may be, he is no politician.

No man can be a politician, except he be first a historian or a traveller; for except he can see what must be, or what may be, he is no politician.

No man can be a politician, except he be first a historian or a traveller; for except he can see what must be, or what may be, he is no politician.