Lewis Namier Quote

What matters most about political ideas is the underlying emotions, the music, to which ideas are a mere libretto, often of very inferior quality.


Personalities and Powers (1955)


What matters most about political ideas is the underlying emotions, the music, to which ideas are a mere libretto, often of very inferior quality.

What matters most about political ideas is the underlying emotions, the music, to which ideas are a mere libretto, often of very inferior quality.

What matters most about political ideas is the underlying emotions, the music, to which ideas are a mere libretto, often of very inferior quality.

What matters most about political ideas is the underlying emotions, the music, to which ideas are a mere libretto, often of very inferior quality.